What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard?

jozurr05-31-2019 8:16am

ejr1953 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 918 posts 05-31-2019 at 05:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete OK, I put my flack jacket on.... McIntosh MC452 (paired with a McIntosh C2500 tube preamp)
tubegb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 193 posts 05-31-2019 at 05:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete As already mentioned, an insurmountable degree of variables to answer properly. For entertainment value and in no particular order: Mark Levinson 29, Audio Research 100.2 and Pass Labs Aleph 30. Yes, I have owned all three over time and am currently using the Aleph 30. Have I listened to every amp on the planet, of course not. Are there better amplifiers, of course.
beetlemania Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 841 posts 05-31-2019 at 05:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ayre MX-R Twenty My other favorite amps are either tubed or hybrid (ARC, Aesthetix)
ozzy62 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,231 posts 05-31-2019 at 05:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Plinius SA-102 with a McCormack dna-1 gold revision a close second. Oz
racamuti Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 362 posts 05-31-2019 at 05:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete N.E.W. DCA-33 battery powered, 33 watts per.Real nice sounding solid state amp!I keep one around as backup for my tube amps, sounds great with my Sonist Concerto 4's! TISH