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Had 2 of the 2220’s. Replaced them with 2 Vidars. In my opinion the musicality of the Schitt Vidars is superior to 2220. No mechanical or heating issues with any of these amps.
HC-1’s may not be a fair comparison, but they also sound better than the 2220.
But hey the 2220 is way cheaper.
And what, pray tell, is "musicality"?
A competently designed amp, operating within its power envelope, has no "sound", good, bad, musicality or otherwise. Amps that have "sound" are either incompetently designed or deliberately designed to sound "different", a useful selling point for the snake oil industry.
However, it is very possible that listeners fall prey to cognitive biases, and many will swear that they hear so-and-so or such-and-such, until they use a rigorously controlled double-blind test. Then things change.
Here is a list of cognitive biases:
List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia
And here is a protocol for double-blind tests:

Audio Blind Testing - You Are Doing It Wrong! (Video)
Just uploaded a video on the basics of performing controlled tests in audio. It was motivated by saving myself text in having to write all of this down when telling someone who to do these tests right. And as a counter to a few online personalities to keep saying they do "blind" tests yet when...

In fact, if you are interested, here is a list of pertinent videos made by Amir that explain a great deal of many different audio subjects:

Master List of Instructional Teaching Video presentations (How to read and interpret/understand all the Graphs and Charts!
Collection of Amir’s instructional Videos for reference, refresher and new members: (“Behind the Curtain @ ASR University”) Welcome New and returning Members of ASR. Our Host Amir has put together a collection of comprehensive instructional videos that might help new and returning Members...

If you have any questions, please ask. Members are always willing to help you.
Jim