Top Ten Tube Amps of All Time?

I find it a little strange that the Manley Labs Retro 300B monoblocks have not yet been mentioned on this string.

I nominate the Jadis JA-80 and JA-30 amps (hey, I own the former, gotta show some conviction here). Classic designs that still compete with anything out there today when it comes to natural sound reproduction and truth of timbre.

conrad johnson PREMIER 5 monoblocs.A true collectors item. Treble and Midrange to die for with very good bass control. After having amps from bat,ARC,vac,all excellent amps,the premier 5's have a magic that's very hard to beat.It put's them in a class of their own.

I agree with Tubegroover,the ARC D79 gets my vote.

Ferrari: You and I are of the same "generation". Working my way through college, I sold both Marantz and McIntosh tube equipment. My hands down favorite from that period was the 8B. Within its power range, I preferred it to the model 9. The original model 8 (30wpc) was nothing more than a two channel model 5 with a common power supply. Contemporary comments were that the 5 did not compare favorably with the original Marantz amplifier, the model 2! Therefore, as good as the classic 8B was--and in spite of my never having heard the 2, I have to pick a pair of Marantz model 2 mono amplifiers (40watt ea.). Cheers,