What is the most analytical sounding amplifier that you have heard?


Some people like analytical and even consider this quality a signal of neutrality or honesty, so I don't want this to come off as a hate thread. ;-) 
seanheis1
Dont like these terms to describe audio. 
  Much like metal in late 70s’ - 1990.  Its metal.   Not rectum ranger metal, pipe metal, spaghetti metal. Whatever the term. .......if its metal than its metal ..
genres, upon genres,   Like amps.  Its not so much the amp as speakers and source material.  
  My dna-750s r far from analytical, as are my odyssey kismet and carver sunfire.  They all sound great. !!!!

 Analytical and lifeless i would mention emotiva xpa1 1000W monos. They have been boxed up for 10 years now.  Only plugging in 2-3X a year to keep caps used.   Only other amp i consider analytical is my QSC gx5. Wwhile not analyticall, she is straight wire w gain !!
very accurate and honest.  Bad recording in ....bad sound out. 
It's properly a system issue, and not just a component issue.
Often, it's not the amp that is the problem, it's the way the audiophile set up the system.
a bit or more of truth?

G
To reveal all the details doesn’t have to mean the sound is sterile, etched or irritating. It means just what it says. Details have life just as much as larger matters and occupy space in the same manner.

Details have warmth and body but on a lessor scale.That’s all. Details contribute to the overall sound of the music, just like in real life. When I hear details properly portrayed, I get a more complete picture or mental image of the event, which is what this hobby means to me: to recreate the event as well as possible.

Hearing the leading edge of something in larger proportion than it should be is not detail. Nor are the sounds that irritate. That indicates something wrong with your system and not the music.

All the best,
Nonoise
I will try again. I am asking for clarification about Jacintha’s Autumn Leaves album referenced by millercarbon above. Could anyone explain what happened to his record?

"Recorded and mastered exclusively on Mark Levinson electronics. So there you go."

What edition is that?

None of the LPs/CDs on discogs.com mentions Mark Levinson electronics despite going into details about microphones, tape, and cables, etc. Heck, it even mentions who did singer's hair and make-up.

In fact, that particular album was recorded on Ampex ATR-100 recorder and seems to be mastered by Bernie Grundman on Sony DSD machine.

Does millercarbon have one-of-a kind copy recorded just for him?

Jacintha – Autumn Leaves -The Songs Of Johnny Mercer (1998, 180g, Vinyl) - Discogs