One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All....

For me and my ears my favorite and last amp I will own is the Primaluna Dialogue HP with KT 150s and Brymars for the inside gain tubes. 

@brettmcee-  "Giant tube-based amps are generally not to be found it professional settings." and, "You are more likely to find......solid state amps in recording/mixing/mastering environments."
I beg your pardon? In what, "professional setting" would one find a, "giant tube-based amp", to start with? But, to date, the very best mic pre-amps/power supplies and record-cutting amps, are still tubed. Some of the most highly regarded(and holographic) recordings, of all time, were mastered on tube-based gear. ie: Research such as Parlophone Records Ltd, Bernie Grundman Mastering, Abbey Road Studios and Sheffield Labs, as regards their awards, discographies and artists/customer-lists. Doug Sax was quoted as saying, "Digital Finishes What the Transistor Started.”(then again, he wasn’t a DJ)

I agree with Elizabeth. “No”

Sanders Magtech, and never look back.
warranty best in business, clear, gobs of power, not too Heavy.
stable to 1 ohm or lower. Drive magnetic drivers, or transmission line if you ever switch.  It’s the do all of amps.

win, win!

"Is no one else alarmed that on the consumer side of things that there really are no standards?

Its all very, very subjective and arbitrary."

Really...

What righteous standards are you referring to for the non-consumer side of things?

Also how many commercial recording studios have you used/accessed?

As far as your very basic query goes (about amps) most of us "home" users do not require or want balanced runs, unlike the need for such in every recording studio I visited up until the late '80s.

DeKay