Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?”

This concept of “house sound” has been pretty fascinating to absorb and consider. Who here knows amp brands and their house sounds well enough to comment?

redwoodaudio03-10-2021 5:05am

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inna Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,923 posts 03-10-2021 at 08:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You mean "unique and consistent" coloration ? Got to be Pass and Jadis.
jasonbourne52 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,863 posts 03-10-2021 at 01:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete James Bongiorno for his work with SAE, Dynaco, GAS, Sumo and SST! He designed some of the best SS amps ever: SAE MkIII, Dynaco 400, GAS Ampzilla, Sumo Andromeda and the Nine, SST Ampzilla and the Son! A record spanning four decades!
jasonbourne52 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,863 posts 03-10-2021 at 01:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Plus he worked on loudspeaker design at Rectilinear in Brooklyn!
erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 16,898 posts 03-10-2021 at 01:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I agree with both Ayre and Pass. Very consistent sounds, but perhaps for different reasons. Ayre uses the diamond output stage, Pass deliberately looks for circuits to add euphonic distortion. After these two, Parasound.
bhvf Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 218 posts 03-10-2021 at 04:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I agree with Ayre. Doesn't Pass have slightly different sound signatures depending on the line? I've read the XA-25 is different from the XA-30.8 which is different from the X150.8 which is different from the X250.8. I found the x150.8 (the only Pass I've herd) to be very enjoyable but not the last word in detail and accuracy.

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