What is the most analytical sounding amplifier that you have heard?

Some people like analytical and even consider this quality a signal of neutrality or honesty, so I don't want this to come off as a hate thread. ;-)

seanheis103-05-2021 7:08pm

seanheis1 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 595 posts 03-05-2021 at 11:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete +1 on Benchmark AHB2 paired with their DAC3
seanheis1 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 595 posts 03-06-2021 at 07:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Does analytical mean accurate? mapman, the Stereophile definition is the best that I know of: analytical - "Very detailed, almost to the point of excess."
seanheis1 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 595 posts 03-07-2021 at 04:06am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete So you see a much better definition of analytical is everything there, nice and neutral, only sterile, lifeless. See how much better that is? millercarbon, I still like Stereophile's definition best. If something is neutral (which really doesn't exist) it can't also be sterile & lifeless. There are of course sterile sounding amplifiers, but that doesn't mean that they have to be excessively detailed. For example, a lack of the second harmonic and a distortion profile dominated by small amounts of intermodulation distortion can create a sterile sound...without excess detail.