Pass....Accuphase....or......

@Deep333

There are about 40 videos on utube of Nelson Pass discussing amplifier designs. He's very generous with information and one of the kindest humans. If you're interested, a good place to start would be interviews by Steve Guttenberg and Pass. If you dig a little deeper you'll find some videos of Pass doing design seminars with the DIY community. I thought these seminars were very interesting and I learned some things about various transistors, use of feedback, input stages, output stages, and lots of nerdy subjects.

If you have a minute....I need ideas in that price range...+/- $$. Thanks!

@southofdallas There are class D amps out there now that are every bit as musical as the amps in your original post. Less heat too, and less cost as well.

@atmasphere I know. Those Atmasphere class D are getting

good reviews. The price is a bit high in Europe

but i will consider them too. 

I really, really enjoy the sound of my Musical Fidelity A1-2008.  It is a class a amp, 35 wpc.  Gets hot as hell in the summer here in Sin City though. Out of production but MF recently released a 2023 or 4 version of that amp...

I compare my 2008 version amp very favorably to my 25 wpc OTL Tube amp which is a very transparent amp with midrange to die for...

you can google what highly sensitive is before you comment