Price No Object Amps

Just posting for human interest/curiosity purposes. I wouldn't suppose anyone on AGON has one of these, however, from a sonic performance perspective, which would you choose?
https://www.whathifi.com/features/10-worlds-most-expensive-stereo-amplifiers?utm_medium=EMAIL&ut...

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inna Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,810 posts 07-17-2017 at 10:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yup, Lamm, VAC, Gryphon, Ypsilon and Wavac are always on my list. Just not top of the line models.
ebm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,311 posts 07-17-2017 at 11:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thought the thread very interesting don't want to kill messenger was joking.Thanks again
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,122 posts 07-18-2017 at 03:12am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Probably the Ongaku, with the FM Acoustics as a backup in case of tube failure.
inna Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,810 posts 07-18-2017 at 05:18am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Still, those are freightening amounts of dead Washingtons, even to hardcore audiophiles. Besides, you would really need big and well-tuned room to make full use of, say, half a million dollar system. However, $5 for a cup of good coffee in Manhattan is not fun either, and some have three every day. Do the math, how much would they spend for 25 years?
atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,061 posts 07-18-2017 at 03:41pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I can think of a few amps costing a lot less that actually sound better; in two cases having heard them side by side (although that was a few years ago). say'n