SS amp or receiver that sounds like Tube Amp


I picked up an Onkyo TX-2500 MKII that sounded like my tube amp. I was actually stunned. Any other and hopefully newer SS gear sounds like a quality tube amp? Tube amps usually have a natural sound and lots of detail with high clarity.

jimbennet

In vintage SS amps I find the ones that use capacitor couple output stages sound more tube like then the later SS designs. 

This Belles Aria. There are many on line reviews that you can check out. BTW, I have owned the Belles and it was an outstanding performer!

Aria Integrated

The new Audio Research S100 and S200 sound like tube amps. Warm / natural and musical with lots of power. 

Any other and hopefully newer SS gear sounds like a quality tube amp? Tube amps usually have a natural sound and lots of detail with high clarity.

@jimbennet There are class D amps out there now that sound very much like a good tube amp. I use a set in my system, with speakers designed on a particular tube amp I used to use. The class D amps are as smooth and revealing as the amps I had before, but with a bit more focus- its easier to tell what's happening in the rear of the sound stage. I don't miss the tube amps at all.