Class A amplifiers - which are considered the best


I have heard Accuphase makes the highest quality pure class A amplifiers. Wanted to get some feedback on folks experience with their amps and any other amp manufacturers that would be in their league (or better) for class a amps. thanks
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I received my pair of Pass XA100.5's a short time ago and I'll toss my vote in for the Pass XA series.
Same topology Unsound, just different models in the same rang as the KSA250 range, all with partial Class A not even 30% of their full output into 8ohms.
Like I said the only ones to have high % of Class A compared to rms output, was the fan forced Krells of 80's.
And after that the only model to get near them with good amount class A % was the Plateau Biasing (Anticipator Circuit) Krells "S" models with their Xmas tree bias lights, but they never sounded as good from many a report.

Cheers George
I thought the Plinius SA-Reference which claims 2x100W Class A was already quite a big claim, but has anyone seen a Karan S400 which claims to deliver 470W x 2 Class A in an even smaller chassis!
The mighty Karans are most certainly up there with the very best if you're into natural sounding SS.