One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All....


Is there one amplifier that everyone can agree on as a contemporary standard? An amplifier that can be considered a standard in both the studio and in a home stereo setup?

What one amplifier does everything very well and can be found in homes and in professional audio engineering environments?

What amp covers all the bases and gives you a glimpse into all qualities of fine musical reproduction?

...something Yamaha? ...something McIntosh?

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POWER+cable+PRE AMP+cable+AMP+cable+SPEAKER (set up)+cable+ROOM (temperature, pressure, acoustics)+LISTENER (skill, taste, etc)

These are the elements, more or less, with BOLD more important ... and I ask you op...

How could anything be standard in this? There is no standard.
People who want standards are on the perfectionist side of the spectrum, the scientists side. You all come to music because music is the universal language of humanity. It’s not a science project to set up a room, it’s a journey into the self.  You want to leave your bias in the supossed land of no bias but you are afraid.
Embrace the unknown, and the unknowable. Have faith in yourself, not fear of missing out.

(As far as mastering rooms that use tube amps, I have a successful and well known example right in front of me daily, but yes, they are in the minority as it’s a PITA.)
Tool was using Pass amps while tracking the new album.

...with the covers on all their gear.

....because Joe Barresi isn't an idiot and is a real record producer with real awards under his belt. 
Is there one amplifier that everyone can agree on as a contemporary standard?
Ah, an exercise in paradoxical thinking resulting in a incessant bandying of a search for the illusive "Holy Grail",,,,,,illogical,,,,,,illogical, does not compute !