Give me any basically good amplifier and i will make it sound more than good...
How?
With acoustic treatment with passive materials and especially with mechanical acoustical controls...
Then bashing or celebrating a piece of gear means lttle at the end... Like the speakers, no amplifier sound the same in different room...
All amplifiers has different flavor sound for sure, but this flavor is not so much compared to the acoustic increase of their working in the acoustical environment tailor made for their speakers link in a specific room...
Bashing other gear or celebrating the gear we love is human but it is not serious audio experience...
i myself love my Sansui so what?
The most important thing is the system /room relation and this relation is always very specific andoptimized for the system and the ears of the owner...
Audiophile are ignorant focussing on the gear price tag or particularities that exist but at the end that are secondary...
i never listen McIntosh...
People who has never listened to their system in a controlled room cannot know his peak working potential S.Q.