The most emotional amp out there?


OK gang, I need your votes for the amp you feel that brings the chills, the goosebumps, yes maybe even a teardrop or two when you sit down and listen to your particular music of choice. Although many responders will automatically think of tubes, I do not necessarily share that "prejudice". I'm trying to find that special amp to mate with my Virgo IIs that really takes me to the heart of the music...as opposed to just performing the requisite audiophile tricks (e.g. imaging, soundstage depth, etc.). I'm tired of appreciating the specific virtues of a well known amplifier that I am auditioning but never really being transported to a place where I forget about the gear and simply am enthralled with the music.

Don't get me wrong - I enjoy the audiophile thing as much as the next person. But I am searching for the amplifier that will transcend the need to go through the checklist of listening attributes a reviewer does and instead will simply allow me to sit back and just be enveloped by the message that the particular recording artist I am listening to is trying to communicate.

I hope I'm being somewhat inteligible here and thanks for your suggestions.

Gregg
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This is a response to Best Amp, not Most Emotional Amp.

The amps that I have owned are Decware Signature Monoblocks, Pass Aleph 3, Blue Circle 26 Mkll, Art Audio Carissa, 47 Labs Gaincard and Simaudio Moon W-5. The two that I like the most are the Gaincard and the W-5. I would have kept the Gaincard, but it was not reliable. I may get another one someday. For the time being, the amp that I like the most is the W-5. I have also had extended listening sessions of Mark Levinson, Jeff Rowland, Classe, Krell, YBA and Cary amps. I like the W-5 better than any of the amps that I heard from these companies.
Let me see, yup, it is still the H2O, matched with it's stable mate preamp, Fire. I don't have any need for tubes in the amp section. Carefully chosen tubes in the DAC satisfies my craving for valve magic. Meanwhile I enjoy the big sound of full range speakers setting the band in the room.