brands that get overlooked and made some dandies(some are long gone)...and all different. woodside, beard, moscode, perreaux, cyrus, music reference, nobis, counterpoint, dynaco, brown electronic labs, sonic frontiers, amc (yep the cheapie amp from taiwan), pre acrylic electrocompaniet, revox......ones that are not overlooked but should be...thats another thread
what are some of the best amplifiers
I have owned many amplifiers over time. Some were high priced and some were not. My latest finding is a pair of Forte model 7 monoblocks reworked by John Sodderberg. These are very magical amplifiers after 1/2 hour of warm up. The midrange is the best I've heard. Full bodied yet detailed. There is a mystical ring of air and depth that has to be heard to be believed. I have owned Threshold amplifiers(Fortes maker) and feel that the less expensive Fortes(4a and 7's), even in stock form, outperform the Thresholds. I think less is more!