Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland


What would it be? Transistor or Hybrid. This is a general discussion.
I heard that Gryphon and Ypsilon qualify but I didn't audition either. Lamm hybrid does too, I believe.
inna
Any love for older Krell integrated amps?  Say, the 300/400 series models?
Post removed 
I prefer the idea of using a tube preamplifier and solid state amplifier or mono blocks. Each of those represent the " real deal " .

Inna,

What do you mean by youtube auditioning?  I hope you don't seriously mean that you have attempted to discern what stuff sounds like by the audio portion of a youtube posting.  At best, youtube tells you something about what the gear looks like and nothing more.

I would never do a review of restaurants by licking their menu, even if that probably tells me more about the food than youtube can tell you about the sound of gear.