I am not in any particular camp, but one thing I found with the Pio's using the ICE amps was that you could get more headroom in the amp section compared to the same $ value for Denon's or other. And I also found that the Pio's were very honestly rated if not even slightly underrated in terms of the claimed power output. I have a Pio Elite SC-05 right now. If I were to buy another amp tomorrow though, not sure which way I would go. Many things to consider and figure if they are important to you. Anyway, just thought I'd throw in y 2 cents on the amp section. Good luck!
