High-end amplifier clarification?

i suspect that high end is a qualitative concept based upon a price threshold. that is at some price point a component is considered high-end. i'm not sure what that is.

on another note, the poster who listed the brand names of some high-end tube manufacturers, left our aesthtix, conrad johnson, audio note, lamm, navison and others.

55% of annual gross income. And you have to buy it new from a retailer that is not a demo/floor model. Even better, special order makes it special high end.

The high end amplifier is the one that blends into your system to the point that it vanishes, calling no attention to itself.

Great answer Gumby!!

To me high end is simply that it is built to a higher standard , signifcantly better than mass market equipment and designed to sound much better and last much longer,