Best Quality Amps Ever?

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

It was Rich Coe, not Steve Mantz.

I stand corrected. Good amps nonetheless. Usually a good sign when the designer is known by name.

 

[CarAudioGuru 10+ year member]

Best QUALITY amplifier? Ever? Hands down...... Audison THESIS (HV Venti)

http://www.audison.eu/index_main.php?Section=HVVENTI

2 X 400 Watts RMS, stereo amplifier.

Best parts (outputs that are used in Mark Levinson and Krell high end home amplifiers)

6 power supplies, 4 layer 2ml thick coper G10 boards, solid state capacitors, Dale emitter resistors, etc, etc.

Still in production. Hand made by only 2 people. Takes 7 days to assemble.

And only..$12,500.00 (new price as of October 1st..but...there are 2 left in the USA at a bargain price of $8,500.00

The BEST...PERIOD.

 

[sdsport92064 10+ year member]

Harman Kardon Tunnel Cooled amps.

PPI Art Series amps.

SQ with power to back it up.

 

[87linkin 10+ year member]

haha you'll never get serious answers on this forum

Dam n kids!

 

[THUMPPER 10+ year member]

there are a few really good amps on the market....but there

are none that are better than the JBL/Crown A3000 or the A6000

very big footprint and battery killers..most unconventional amps ever

built but the control and SQ is 2nd to none at any price

the old school Harmon/Kardon CA and the TC series amps were friggin

amazing to

I have been looking for a nice amp for my JBL 660gti components and have

decided to go for the Soundstream HR CRYPT 4........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Best Quality amp would be the one that plays the music the way you like it to sound for the longest time possible.

So far that has been Tru for me. Followed 2nd by older U.S. Amps.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

there are a few really good amps on the market....but thereare none that are better than the JBL/Crown A3000 or the A6000

very big footprint and battery killers..most unconventional amps ever

built but the control and SQ is 2nd to none at any price

the old school Harmon/Kardon CA and the TC series amps were friggin

amazing to

I have been looking for a nice amp for my JBL 660gti components and have

decided to go for the Soundstream HR CRYPT 4........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

none better? interesting. getting paid by them yet?

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

I would say the best quality amp made is Halcro though (home audio)

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

Best Quality amp would be the one that plays the music the way you like it to sound for the longest time possible.
So far that has been Tru for me. Followed 2nd by older U.S. Amps.

This.

I would also put a "sub-variable" of efficiency... but that's an after-thought to be judged in amps in the same personal preference class.

I LOVE my JBL GTO 75.4 II... it runs my comps flawlessly and definitely puts out more than rated power.

But, I also installed a Zapco iForce 250, and that amp was a beauty. It ran cool, did more than rated (I believe it was rated at 75.) and sounded good and had a small foot print.

But, this question is impossible to ask because quality is all per person's ear... and if you're talking about the build quality... most, if not all, amp boards are built in Korea or China. Korea has a better assembly line, in terms of quality... but most boards use the same parts.

 

[juniorab 10+ year member]

For dream car amps where money is no issue: (in no particular order)

Steg Masterstroke class A (or any masterstroke for that matter)

Genesis DM-A

Audison Venti, Thesis, and VRx Chrome Shadows

Milbert BaM 235ab http://www.milbert.com/ (not the best looking, but full tube output!)

anything by abyss or Zelos http://en.iabyss.co.kr/

For home audio:

I agree with Pl8er Halcro are beautiful. Any DM series 88, 68, 58, 38

Classe CA-M400's

VTL MB 450

Cary audio v12r (one that I could actually afford! lol)

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Did anyone mention the Esoteric/Diamond Audio D7 amps?

I've always thought those were beautiful amps.

 

[redygo 10+ year member]

what about blade technologies? unreal sq

 

[scoob8000 10+ year member]

funky pups!

Oh wait, yuo said amp... My bad. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bondovw 10+ year member]

pa series earthquake , zapco , ads , Nakamichi and old AUTOTEK are some of the best I have ever used.

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

Zed is definitely pretty awesome. There were some Planet Audio ones made by Zed that were tube amps that were just amazing.