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Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy?

Have been a SET guy for so long I have forgotten what a good SS amp even sounds like.
Just bought a pair of $33k speakers that will replace my current $16k speakers. Both are from the same designer and both are 92db and a flat 8 ohms. The new ones arrive in 4 days!
My 300B based amps well drive my current speakers even though I do use the system nightly as a 2 channel home theater. Especially considering the HT usage, I think I may enjoy a SS amp with many times the horsepower. The speaker designer suggests using a Leema Hydra II. I have written to Leema telling them of my 300B preference and they assure me that their amp does not have the destructive harmonics that make a SS amp bright. There must be other SS amps that can satisfy?
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celtic66
1,945 posts
 
Honestly, did not carefully read all of the feedback.  Sugden mono blocks!  Badass power!  Musical!  Wretchedly fast!

I've owned lots of Sugden amplification and a 300B Manley preamp.  Yes, I know that is not a 300B based amp.  But, the immediacy of Class A, the slam of Class A and the timbre of Class A is simply addicting.

Anything anybody does with tubes is simply slow and very colored.  I've run VTL, Manley, a highly modified Mercury 3 and it's all wonderful.  Wonderfully, warm and rich and colored and slow.

If that's your style so be it.  I've left tubes permanently.  I run a Sugden Masterclass preamp and all active class A/B active speakers.  Done.  Best of luck and enjoy whatever you get.
rh67
307 posts
 
steveashe
I just sold my Pass XA25. The AGD Audions are that good and more. The XA25 is no question a very good amp once you get pass about 200hrs. The AGD amps just deliver more goodness i compared the amps side by side for over a month, there was no contest the AGD amp was superior in my opinion and i must say it was not even close. AGD gives a trial period, you won't be sorry once you hear them.
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
False.

Anything anybody does with tubes is simply slow and very colored.




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loki1957
122 posts
 
Symphonic line kraft
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charles1dad
10,250 posts
 
"Anything anybody does with tubes is simply slow and very colored"

If that's his conclusion,  so be it  for him. Not even remotely close to my listening experiences. Horses for courses once again. 

+1 @david_ten. I guess we hear similarly 😊.
Charles   
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