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Twenty watts of class A power for my 91db spl speakers.

A pair of Krell Full Power Balanced 650 Mc monoblocks, connecting to Wilson Grand Slamm speakers via Transparent Audio Reference cables. The Krell amplifiers seem to be so effortless in bringing out clearly every little detail in the music, with very tight and clean bass. The sound is simply heavenly and hits me smack in the face every day.

In fact it is an integrated amp from Technics which works quite well although not really high-end by some standards.

I got my tube system upstairs and multi-channel Solid-state downstairs in the TV room. I'm not rich and I choose both.

Mark Levinson No. 335. Powerful and authoritative, yet lets all the nuances through. It's paired with a No. 380S and the presentation is scary at times.

I'm currently listening to a class A solid state amp but only because I can't afford the tube amp I want.

I have a McIntosh MA 6900 Integrated. Integrated amps give you far more amplification value dollar for dollar than separates.

I bought a used CJ Premier 11a a few years ago and have never looked back. I get immense enjoyment from this amp and if I ever upgrade from this, it would be for premier 12s.

Anthem MCA2, just couldn't justify ponying up the additional coin for the Bryston 3B ST at the time. I sometimes wish I had, but overall I'm happy with the Anthem.

My system consists of Apogee Mini-Grands driven by Spectral DMA-360s for the ribbon panels and a Krell KSA-250s for the subwoofers. Together with the DMC-20 Series II, the Spectral amps provide the most satisfying and non-fatiguing sound I have ever had in my home. No glare, no etch, no noise - just music. The Krell does a great job on the bass.

I auditioned and purchased a musical fidelity A3 integrated amp. I am retired on a fixed income so price was important. It's amazing how much great sound $1000 can buy. It's one of the best purchases I have ever made. This thing really boogies!

CJ MV-55 has a nice sound at a good price

Currently looking into digital amps.

These new Linn Switch mode apms are the best things I have ever come across. I couldn't be happier. You won't see me in the amp market till one of these babys gives out! At that point I will probably replace them with another linn!

I use the conrad johnson 2500 power amp. This amp along with the cj pv14 tube preamp. To me this combo, along with the Sony es777sacd player is a very good match to my magnapan 1.6 speakers. The conrad johnson gives me enough good clean power to drive them without sounding hard or harsh, and it keeps the music that is recorded on some cd labels which don't take the time to put a lot of effort in the quality of their sound, like the JVC XRCD series do, from becoming too tiring to listen to for a long period of time.

I picked it for me.

Graff GM-20s. Mesmerizing. Very detailed, but never harsh. Full, taut bass. The best midrange I have ever heard. The music -- especially well recorded music -- fills the room with three dimensional images. I cannot even envision hearing something better. And I cannot understand all the hype surrounded multi-channel music. The GM-20s will envelope you in sound.

I LIKE TUBE PRE-AMPS WITH SOLID STATE AMPS

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I love the original way of power, but lately i've been experimenting with some "new" stuff, and boy!, this shit is really blowing my mind! Therefore, I guess I'm Bi.

As my job keeps me away from home 8 months out of the year, I currently use the excellent 2002 Headroom Cosmic (Reference Module)headphone amplifier. This is truly a hi-end unit for the road(or home)!

Why a tube amp, well it was purchased approximately 22 years ago and other than a few tube changes it still sounds fine. Though the company is gone (Michaelson & Austin) the product remains.

Linn Klimax mono blocks for main stero L & R speakers—because two-channel music needs to be high-end for me. The surrounds and center speaker are by way of a Linn multichannel amp.

I am currently listening to an Arcam 2-channel integrated and 3-channel power amp as my system performs double duty for music and home theatre.

Adcom 5802 into Martin Logan ReQuests and the Velodyne FSR18. Works for me, but I would love a larger room. I still have a Marshall Leach low TIM and an older Ampex tubed power amp that I drag out when I get bored and need to re-afirm the hobbyist/experimenter side of this insanity called hi-fi.

I have three stereo PSE amps powering my 5.1 system. The first was bought in 1976. It was cheaper to add new amps, rather than buy a five channel amp.

Most accurate with timbre and vocals. No solid state I have heard can match tube amps for vocals and instruments! Mark Levinson included!

It's a Chinese built Spark 530 with an assortment of old British and Soviet valves. Class-A, 50W/side. After owning too many trani's and falling to sleep with single ended, this amp is firm but smooth, and for the giant-killer build-quality, cheap. Runs with TEAC VRDS 25.

My system consists of a Denon preamp and four monoblock amps (also from Denon, two driving the bass drivers and the other two the mids/trebles) driving a pair of B&W Nautilus 803s. This set-up also serves as AV L and R front chanels. The other speakers (B&W HTM1 and Nautilus 805) are powered by the Denon AVC A1 AV amp (European equivalent to the AVR 5800). This setup allows me to hear full spec stereo and home theater without compromising the quality. To hear plain stereo, I just connect the balanced inputs of the power amps so they are exclusively driven by the preamp; in HT the AVC A1 drives front center and rears speakers and sends the front L and R chanels to the stereo preamp. Bi-amping the 803s brings enormous improvements in imaging and absence of compression at mid to high volumes. I run bi-amp systems for more than a decade now and from my experience I can attest that this is an option that most if not all of the times surpases the results of systems with a power amp costing the same as the four monoblocs of two stereo amps. Couldn't be happier!

Afer reading so much about tubes, I had to try it. So far so good. It [Rogue 88] has performed well. Time will tell whole story.