Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo Stereo Amps for M50's

Exactly. Alan has all kinds of good advice regarding speakers and amplifiers in just about every other area you could imagine... it's just that not a lot of people believe that one amplifier is "brighter" than another.

For those who do believe, I think the conventional wisdom is "Yamaha bright, Denon slightly bright, Marantz slightly warm, HK most warm". I haven't looked into it much because I have *not* heard any difference myself.

On the other hand I do consistently hear a small difference between a small solid state amp working hard and a big powerful amp loafing along... with the big powerful amp sounding better every time. Interestingly enough, in THAT comparison the little amp always seems to sound a bit "brighter" (thinner actually) than the big amp so that might be where some of the alleged brand differences come from.