Amp with best bass control

Jafant: Mapleshade Double Helix speaker cables and Krell CAST cables connecting the KCT preamp to the 400cx. I tried Tara Labs, Harmonic Technology and Audioquest speaker cables in this system over the past 10 years. The Mapleshades sound best in my opinion with the most spatial and low level, ambient content, plus the bass response makes me believe the Thiels are actually flat down to 20 Hz, which of course they are not.

Sunfire Signature 600 SeriesII. Haven't heard one but Roy Esposito says it's the only amp he's heard with better bottom end than the Acoustat TNT200 monos he builds. Apparently "Other-worldly".

Thankyou mapman, Go U.S.A.!

Quick update: I was able to audition Constellation, Boulder and D'Agostino amps yesterday. The Constellation Stereo, the Boulder 1060 and the D'Ag monos.

I found the Constellation very smooth, yet detailed, but lacking a little in bass punch - but it could have been the room.

Next up was the D'Agostino. By far, the most musical, liquid sounding amp I have ever heard. They don't sound like other amps. They are like someone took the best of solid state and the best of tubes and smushed them together. Only downside is those little buggars get hot!

Next up was the Boulder 1060. I don't want to start a whole big thing, but lets just say, it was an amp for me. It sounded a little dated and it was like listening to an amp design that is well, 10 or 15 years old. Certainly not SOTA IMO. YMMV.

So for me, the three best SS amps I've heard are Soulution, D'Agostino and Vitus. Vitus is the big sleeper in this group. I would say, picking one, would depend entirely on speakers, the rest of your system (preamp, cabling, etc.) and music preference.

Mike

@ Mbovaird, Hi, I was waiting patiently for you of all the posters here!, I knew you would come back and say what you did of the Boulder amps, my post earlier on this thread ring TRUE!, they suck!, I also knew you would love the Dan D Agistino amps!, He is the same designer of my Krell 700cx stereo amp!, my next amp will be a Agistino amp!, running hot does not bother me, My krell 700cx gets hot big time!, In the winter, if we drive it, and play it for a few hours, it will warm our three bedroom 2 bath house, saves on the power bill when we do that, we get to enjoy tunes, and do not need the central heat on, LOL!, your description of the Dan D Agistino amps is spot on spectacular!, Happy listening!