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Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57?

My system is feeling pretty tube-y and I was looking for suggestions of a solid state amps that people are liking with their original Quad ESLs. Looking for more speed and more of the bass I know the Quads can put out if set up right.
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paulfolbrecht
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I know everything Ralph has said in this thread is dead-on accurate (as always).

It really makes me wonder how some people (some people who DEFINITELY know what music sounds like such as Chesky) power their Quad 57s with the ASR amp. The Emitter is, indeed, a class 'voltage-paradigm' solid-state amp, with power output nearly inversely linear to impedance. Based on the Quad's impedance plot, it should sound terrible, but apparently it sounds excellent and perfectly balanced.

(6Moons also attests to this in their report on Robin Wyatt's system.)
paulfolbrecht
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I meant to say "CLASSIC 'voltage-paradigm' amp".

And I also meant to say "power output nearly inversely linearly proportional to impedance". But, heck, everybody figured that out.
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