The most emotional amp out there?

The amp you are looking for doesnt exist,you will have to create it,heres how....find a well-built/designed amp by any of the masters,you know who they are,add a drop of Irish,a pinch of Hawaiian and a taste of Peruvian and turn down the lights and look at what you have,an emotional experience possibly never before heard or felt by any audiophool on the planet,good luck,Bob

The Edge Electronics NL Reference! I cried when I saw the price! Then my wife brought me back to reality!

I've owned about 7 solid state amps and I've demo'ed and heard quite a few more SS and tube amps.

I'm aware that there's a few out there, but I've never heard any amp even come close to the sonics of a McCormack DNA-2 Revision A amp. These Revision amps are off-the-shelf amps and are essentially gutted by McCormack and then he installs the finest aftermarket parts and tweaks.

Some amps may be fast(many are slow), some may be rich, full, and warm (many are cold, sterile, lifeless), some may be detailed (many are veiled), a few may even exhibit tremendous control over the woofers providing a tremendous life-like bass that few have ever heard or even imagined (good luck finding any amp with this attribute), but none that I've heard have it all in one chassis.

That is except for the DNA-2 Revision A. There is no substitution for having such an amp as this.

But even with outstanding amplification, the complete immersion into the music (or as you say goosebumps, chills, tears, PR&T, etc) still won't quite get you there without shoring up the other shortcomings in a given system. ie proper line conditioning, cabling, vibration control, speaker placement, dedicated circuits/lines, etc..

In my experience, proper amplification will get you closer to that emotional experience than any other single component or tweak or any other combination thereof. And once you've found such amplification the controversy over tube v. solid state suddenly goes to the North Pole.

Along that same note, I've been hearing some fascinating rumors about the new NuForce digital amps and I may even have the opportunity to hear them shortly.

-IMO

It may have been self-hypnosis, stress or whatever but the BEL 1001 Mk-V's (on loan) thru my old Audio Artistry Dvoraks is THE best sound ever heard in my home.

Emotional amp, thats funny....I suspect if you were to connect to an un-emotional pair of speakers, you would come up with some type of hi-bred sound?

Dave