Bob Latham wrote:

I would contest the "popular opinion" bit though. I don't know anyone (as
in spoken face to face) who is remotely interested in Hi-Fi who would say
amplifiers sound the same. I only hear that opinion here.

No. you dont.

the opinion you hear hear is that all *COMPETANT* amps sound the same -
that is, all amps, able to drive enough current into the load to
accurately replicate the input signal on the output terminals, will
sound identical.