What makes you build a system around an amplifier?

The only amp that I would build a system around is the Lyngdorf 2170. It is a one box solution and has great room correction software. My most loved component.

erik,
This is a good question. I think that the choice of speakers is the most difficult, because it is just hard to find one that has all off the qualities that you want without any glaring faults. That said, once the speaker decision is made, each amplifier drives those speakers in a different way, and that may be synergistically or not. Even if it is satisfactory, it may not be optimal to our ears.
I think that in my own experience , I have learned that the amplifier is really the soul of the system, and it has multi-dimensional effects on the way the music is reproduced. Even if you change speakers, you can still hear its personality, and if you love that personality, you want to keep it. It's almost like a trusted friend.

So @roxy54  - Be specific! :) What amplifiers did that, and what was it that drew them to you, regardless of speaker? :)

Best,

E

I'm gonna build my next system around a power cord

Randy-11

I am sure that statement is true.

Erik