Best ICE-powered amps ?


I´m thinking of building a nice second system around ICE powered amps but haven´t got a clue (and currently not the time) to compare them.

The ones I know and heard good things of are:
- JRDG 501
- Bel Canto e.One Ref. 1000s
- NuForce Ref. 9 SE
- Red Dragon

Which one is the best ? Are there any ICE power experts on agon ?
frankpiet

Showing 2 responses by bombaywalla

Drubin,
I believe that ALL of Theta's amps were designed by Dan/Dave Reich incl the Dreadnaughts.
Charlie Hansen could have designed somebody else's amps (I knew that he designed many of the Avalon speakers but I didn't know that he free-lanced amp designs...) but they were not Theta's.
>> Weren't they designed by Charles Hansen of Ayre?
NO! to the best of my knowledge, they were designed by Dan(Dave?) Reich who used to work at Classe for years & years. When at Classe, all of his amps & preamps had model numbers that began with "DR". I heard that there was a falling out between the powers at Classe & Dan/Dave Reich & he joined Theta. This 4-5 years ago.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks!