Ironically -- though they're not necessarily the
best test data extant, the most-quoted "test" to date is
probably still the Carver amplifier challenge.
www.bobcarvercorp.com
Is it possible to make a $700 "mainstream-audio" power amplifier sound exactly like a high-priced perfectionist amplifier? Bob Carver, of Carver Corporation, seemed to think he could, so we challenged him to prove it.
www.stereophile.com
PS I've got to give
Stereophile credit for
Footnote 2 in the above reference, referring to Carver's many, whimsically-monikered "innovations" of that bygone era:
en.wikipedia.org
It's got a horn-loaded Hemi. I mean, does it get any more
American?