[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by jayvis1

I've always felt that the Class A amplification narrative should have been disregarded long ago as nothing but marketing hype. I know, many will argue that but to my ears, Class A has never outperformed a very good class AB amp in sound quality. These speakers just sounded bigger and fuller with the McIntosh at higher volume levels.

I once agreed with you. But, as with all our gear, "it depends". Depends on so many variables. My current system is 20wpc of Class A and is the best SQ I've owned. I installed the amp more or less as a lark, expecting nothing special. It was so good that I was shocked and am almost afraid to change anything for fear that I'll be less pleased. One never knows.