One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All....

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. 

I love my McIntosh 601 monos .

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 !

Easy, Optimis by Radio Shack (formerly), or was it Tandy?

The perfect one place to live.   Perfect one Climate,Perfect location, Perfect one cost of living..    
The perfect one house.             
The perfect one set of neighbors.    
The perfect one job.    
The perfect one family.  (includes the perfect wife, Mother in Law, Father in Law, perfect sons, perfect daughters, perfect Mother, perfect Father, perfect grandparents,    
Perfect political system.    
Perfect life.   
Perfect transportation system.   
Are you bored yet? you WILL BE.
Utopia. And most utopias soon turn into hell