LOL
Actually, a couple years ago, I hooked up two Scott amps on my workbench here, with the same signal source and the same speakers. One amp was solid state, the other an old LK-48 that I had refurbished.
The LK-48 (7189 outputs) sounded better. And that's not a boutique amp by any definition.
However, this one definitely is.
I have so much fun when enthusiastic experts about something I don’t know anything about go at it. It’s sort of like watching Bollywood films without subtitles.
Or as my father-in-law says when his wife’s Sicilian relatives get cranked up, “Like watching the fights on the Spanish channel!” (Which wouldn’t work for me, because I understand Spanish ...)