Hall of Fame: BIGGEST BADDEST Monster Amps


There have been a lot of posts on:

"tube amps with balls"
"amps to drive my 1 ohm, inefficient speakers"
"amps for rock and roll"
"Levinson, Krell, Bryston, Pass Labs etc"
"sounds more powerful than its rating suggests"
"despite low rating, puts out huge current" etc.

But I somehow find these threads divergent and confusing and still cant seem to short list a new set of monoblocks to biamp (low end) and COMMAND my Magneplanar Tympanis, fill up a large room with EFFORTLESS dynamics and CONTROL the bass with no debates, questions, reservations or tweaky failures.

So let's please hear your thoughts:

What are the all time, hall of fame, MONSTER power amps, where there should be no doubt whatsover about HUGE amounts, of effortlessly dynamic, clean, smooth, audiophile power.

I have to think that for the low end of biamping, this should be a solid state amp, unless someone can really suggest an unusually robust and low maintenance tube amp.

Mark Levinson 20.6?
Pass X-600's?
Bryston 7 B monoblocks?
Parasound monoblocks?

Thank you.
cwlondon
The Sanders Audio Magtech amp in mono can put out 1600 watts per side but needs 240 volts. It is by far the best sounding "monster" amp I have heard.

The Sanders may have high power (and current?) but it otherwise doesn't strike me as particularly BIG or BAD.

But I hear it's a good amp, especially for Magneplanars.
Cwlondon, if big or bad are what it takes, the Magtech is not going to make it. If powerful and clean is what it takes, the Magtech is the ticket.
I think it would be hard to beat Atmasphere's MA3 monoblocks;power,regulation,and tubes; what could really beat these amps?
I have VTL Wotans and they do a very nice job, I won't sell them. That having been said, the Icepower 1000ASP (there are MANY amps that use this module, or simply build your own...) is the ticket for controlling bass, high power, high dampening factor, low impedences, etc. VERY taut bass, lots of power, sometimes can sound a little cold and dry, but you won't mind a bit.