Best amps for rock and heavy metal

No one does bass slam like Krell. Levinson is awesome too, but much darker sounding-not mention overpriced. If your doing alot of this type of music you owe it to yourself to listen to Krell. I have had a krell for years and it did well for me when I listened to more rock. I toned it down now with some tube front end pieces, but go all SS and consider Krell.

"I find that the powerhouse transistor amps can't make the bass impact right. You really need tubes for that!"

Not to get philosophical here, but this very much depends on your interpretation of what bass is. And that too, depends on a great many things, for one-your experiences.

To me bass does NOT roll away, sound muddy, or too rounded, and most tube amps I personally have heard do this to one degree or another. My interpretation of bass is having the ability to roll when it needs to roll (recording dependant) and SLAM! when it needs to slam. Which is why I find mixing a piece of tube with an agressive amp like Bryston, Krell, Pass etc. is simply a match made in heaven.

Well said Shadorne! Good article too. Thx!

Am I the only person here who doesn't know how to insert a link like that?

Rotel????? I owned it for years, and sold it all with glee...It is absolutely not even in the same LEAGUE as what we are discussing here, not even close.

Redwood- I agree with on the ML sound, it is simply magical, but it was a little dark for me when I auditioned it for a week. But I loved the sound, and thought it was great for critical listening, just superb. Price is a little hefty on ML stuff though.