I'm not sure about ML's due to power requirements, but.. It's funny you should ask- I just put together a system for my girlfriend, and had a chance to substitue a nice solid state amp, (Bryston,60W), which is going into her "budget system" to compare with my Cary. All I can say is I'll never go back to S.S. It's not a masive difference, but I hear a more 3D aspect to the instruments, a better soundstage, and a certain hard to describe "body" or solidity to the sound, the mids especially, but over the whole spectrum too. The highs are also smoother than any SS I've owned. Granted, if I were playing something with a huge electric bass, there might be some power missing from the bottom end, the slam as they say, but on upright bass it's perfect. It's hard to describe but, it just seems more "right", more like "the real thing", especially on acoustic instruments, especially those made of wood, mmmm oh, I'm drooling.
