at the end of it all... ¡©¡©¢¾¢Ü
At the risk of being shunned upon, I will offer my opinion, in the form of a question (at the end).
I usually listen to music on a couple of very different stereo systems, and when I do, I am always amazed at how good they sound. I can hear all the details that the engineers wanted us to hear, all the subtleties of each instrument, especially guitar and vocals, and most of all, at reasonable levels. all of this on regular, run-of-the-mill japanese stereos with Dynaco speakers, or even my old trusty Automatic Radio stereo.
My point is, why is everybody so concerned about high-power, circuit topology, cables, when all you really want is to listen to the music?
By the way, I've also designed built a few amplifiers, and I love to build stuff as much as the next person, but really, arent' we going overboard sometimes?
This message was originally intended for a comment on a "gainclone" thread, but I decided to make my own comment out of it.
And just to prove my point, let me rephrase what I once read in a high class stereo magazine (which I can't exactly remember, but goes somewhat like this):
"So the three technically savvy, yet differently opinionated men retired to the recreation hall, cracked open a few bottles of Heineken, and put an old 45 of Aretha Franklin's "Chain of fools" on the tube stereo console while shooting some pool".
all you need is music. 
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