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Who makes the highest quality tube amps?

One scale of 1-10, 10 being best designed and constructed technically, personal sound preferences aside, who are the 8s, 9s, and 10s?

VAC, ARC, Atmasphere would seem like likely candidates I can think of. Are they ?

Where does Decware rank? Rogue? How about others?

SOme technical facts to help support any claims is appreciated please.

Durability and reliability matters to me here as much as anything. I would want my tube gear to continue to work as reliably as designed years down the road as well as up front.

THanks.

Thanks.
mapman

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@clearthink

"ozzy"The newest Carver amps are really quite special."

Does that mean that your's haven't caught on fire yet? "

Clearthink, you're not thinking clearly.  If you're referring to 40+ year old SS Phaselinear amps that people over drove and claimed they "caught on fire" and extrapolating that to his modern tube amps, then your logic defies logic.  The new Carver tube amps are the the most reliable tube amp I've ever owned.  Quiet as SS amp, no tube hiss, no output tube failure in 7 years of use, no bias drifting, and bass extension and power of some of the best SS amps I know with all the good qualities tubes are known for.
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