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 have owned both with Mark Levinson just leaving recently and now Halcro in my room and I have to admit ...the word LUSH and total transparency as well as the lowest noisefloor I have ever heard .. -24db of niosefloor you got with the halcros compared to the levinson is what I have been told..and I can attest to it as the black on these amps are amazing.

Pls they are spectacular to look at.
wanna See them http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/mzn50/ but pls don't tease me about the RPTV, I know it looks out of place. :)

Matt
Audio Note Ongaku; period. I have listened to the Lamms. The Ongaku, paired with Audio Note speakers is simply heaven on earth.
Carl
I will make a prediction. I predict that the custom amp that David Berning is building for me will be the best sounding amp. My instructions were to build the "best sounding 45 amp on the planet". It will be a 12vdc battery-powered, Hand-wound Choke-loaded, Single-Ended Triode, no feedback, Zero-Hysteresis Output-Transformerless(ZOTL) amp using one pair of Type 45 output triodes. It will have no step-down power transformer, or rectifier, and no output transformer. All connections will be point-to-point hand wired, with shortest signal paths possible. This will be a no-holds-barred amp with no compromises for style or packaging. Many SET fans will agree that the 45 tubes are the sweetest of all. And there will be nothing between them and my single-driver Lowthers, but 3 meters of speaker cable. I should have this amp in a few months. The process has started.