Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?

I never heard of audiophiles whose reference system had transistor amplification. It is always tubes. But maybe there are exceptions.

inna11-21-2023 4:36am

zavato Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,391 posts 11-22-2023 at 01:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Pass Labs XP-20 preamplifier, Pass Labs X250.8 amplifier and Pass Labs XP15 phono stage. Yeah, all solid state. I had owned Conrad Johnson tube gear for a while. Pass Labs made me forget about tubes.
thecarpathian Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,180 posts 11-22-2023 at 02:29am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "I have three reference systems, none of them are tubes." Coincidentally, I have three tube systems, none of them are reference.
mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 21,865 posts 11-22-2023 at 02:31am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete the instant I put anything on I could tell everything about the venue and recordings… mastering. Well what do you know…my hifi can do that! Look ma. no tubes!
jacobsdad2000 Details Discussions Posts This discussion 433 posts 11-22-2023 at 02:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @audioman58 you have overlooked the fact that Luxman makes tube amps also.
tomic601 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,841 posts 11-22-2023 at 02:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Tubes ; White Kids on Reference Dope….