Absolute Best power amp, tube ss


No assumptions. No conditions. No holds barred.
Current production only.
My vote: LAMM ML2 for tubes; PASS X1000 or Forsell Statement for ss.
ryllau
I'd add KR-8000 and Jadis (#??) monos to the Lamms, for tubes. Also vote for FM Acoustics ltd ed. and the big Pass, for ss.
Would like to hear some of the other some mentioned; would love to be able to afford the likes of FM Acoustics, too...
I'll agree with the Lamm ML2 for tubes. Best SS I've heard is the Mark Levinson 33.
My vote goes to the McCormack DNA-2 Deluxe Limited Anniversary Edition. Very powerful but extremely musical and fast. I had compared with Moon W-5, Krell KSA-300 and Levinson 335. Tubes, I would give my vote to Audio Aero's top model monoblock.
Oh, that's easy. For tubes, my vote goes to Conrad-Johnson Premier 12. And for solid-state, the Mark Levinson No. 33, and the Mark Levinson No. 33H.

--Charles--