Old Amp vs. New Amp

I have owned Pass amps for the past 15 years...I have found each new generation to be significantly better than the previous...

add Odyssey to the list of manufacturers who upgrade both their newer and older units...even new they make excellent value amps...

Thanks for the note Pete.

I'm hoping that this ML amp will be my "Reference", therefore, if I want to experiment with class D or tubes or whatever in the future I'll be able to evaluate based on that.  For now at least (and maybe I'm wrong) I consider Class D as the "imitator" trying to do what the big amps do with less size, less energy and less cost.  Of course solid state is still trying to do what tubes do (to some extent).  And I guess tubes are trying to do what solid state does (mainly in the low end).  So I guess there's always a trade off.

Pass is another that I was really interested in, but more so their newer stuff, which of course is still pretty pricey.

My 1961 Fender Deluxe amp needed maintenance for leaking caps after only 40 years…damn…the amp worked fine before the new caps were put in but still, who needs that sort of hastle every 40 years?

Class D amps are great right here and now. Amazing power and sound that thrills even a tube diehard like me.