what is the best amp you've ever heard


Period.
fruff1976
Best Ive heard in my systems not at shows etc is Musical Fidelity Kilowatt. Purist audio design 300b para feed SET. Wavac MD300B. Ive had a few 45 SET amps rival the PAD and wavac. The MF kilowatt produced the deepest soundstage Ive heard out of a loudspeaker. The SETs just make music sound real.
Lamm 1.1 monoblocks and Atmosphere MA-1 monoblocks (amazing sound but the tradeoff is a lot of heat). The new Krell monoblocks are also exceptional.
Then: my AudioNote Ongaku and Jadis JA200.
Now: my DartZeel 108 mated with the DartZeel 18.
The Atma-sphere M60s (and I'm sure there bigger amps)sound great with my Merlins which are OTL friendly, and the CAT JL2 which sound great on just about any speaker. In SS, the Pass XA30.5 were the best I've heard/owned. The best integreated I've heard were various VACs and the Ars Sonum (with Merlin speakers).
I'm really pleased with the Almarro A318B & Almarro M33A combo, but also loved the A205A Almarro with Cain SuperAbbys and one Bailey, as well as the Musical Fidelity A20 (20 watts Class A) with B&W 804N's ... all of these were gripping ... but for the moment ... I simply love the Almarro duo ... simply, for so few dollars, wonderful in every way