My favorite Old School amp was my Soundstream Pure Class A amp. It was hands down the best sounding amp I have ever owned. I was stupid and sold it!
My second favorite were Orion HCCA amps. Those things are beasts! but man they get hot! They didnt have any crossovers and no terminals, just pure 100% amplification. they were rated extreamkly conservatively at 25 watts X 2 rms but they would destroy a mainstream brand amp running 100 or more watts X 2 amp. Those amps were no joke! I powered (4)12" Shiva subs at 1 ohm. I have no idea what the final output but it was a hell of a lot because the output was insane!!
Phoenix Gold used to make the sweetest amps! They truely had the bling going on. I had one had a freaking 24K gold plated circuit board! Triple Darlington output array, Massive capacitor banks, ect. The plexiglass covers made a very impressive looking piece of audio equipment. They always had gobs of dynamic power and super clean output. Now they are nothing like what they were.
New Technology; I am very much impressed with the new JL Audio 900/5 amp. Its a marvel of engineering to put out 900 watts of super clean power in 5 channels and in a package the size of a ream of paper. My days of using more than one amp in a system are over! I can crank this amp and it barely gets warm. Very very efficient! I like the multi-channel flexability. I run mine on 3 channel mode and the amp gets it done!
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