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Is solid state obsolete?

Let's cut to the chase. Mosfet, Jfet, transistors, are they a past technology like 78 rpm? IC based amps are here and here to stay. Are the days of Krell, Gamut, Accuphase, Clayton, McCormick, Rowland, Boulder, etc. gone? A tube pre amp and an IC based power amp, can it be the best combo? Comments please.
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loontoon
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I dunno about that, I have both and I still prefer the Manley 350 Reference amps. They seem to just ooze smooth, and they seem to have more bass umph than the Threshold amp. Hmmm that's not an expected result. But it's real.

Maggies and big toobs, the way it should be. Of course I'm still a sucker for those monster heat sinks, they're so macho looking. But the warm caress of soft glowing toobs still woo's me in.

loontoon
loontoon
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So Rowland is using the B&O "ICE" modules for amplification and then use a monster power supply this should be best of the genre, but wait, hows come there are sooooooo many Rowland amps used out there with the B&O modules.

Woo'ed by technology, but in the end, the EAR decides what's right.

BTW: I'm an engineer, and toobs are irrational. But I own them, and prefer them. Does that make me ------
No response needed to the above question. :)

loontoon
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