Is solid state obsolete?

I dunno about that, I have both and I still prefer the Manley 350 Reference amps. They seem to just ooze smooth, and they seem to have more bass umph than the Threshold amp. Hmmm that's not an expected result. But it's real.

Maggies and big toobs, the way it should be. Of course I'm still a sucker for those monster heat sinks, they're so macho looking. But the warm caress of soft glowing toobs still woo's me in.

loontoon

So Rowland is using the B&O "ICE" modules for amplification and then use a monster power supply this should be best of the genre, but wait, hows come there are sooooooo many Rowland amps used out there with the B&O modules.

Woo'ed by technology, but in the end, the EAR decides what's right.

BTW: I'm an engineer, and toobs are irrational. But I own them, and prefer them. Does that make me ------
No response needed to the above question. :)

loontoon

Since Tube Research Labs, makers of some fine quality and expensive tube gear, is now making transistor amps, which they indicate are much quieter than their tube models, I would think solid state is far from dead.

The old "different strokes for different folks" still applies here. I love going into my local dealers and listening to his mega-tube Audio Research stuff. BUT MAGGIES AND TOOBS--NO WAY, NOT FOR ME. IT"S MAGGIE WITH BOOBS FOR ME! (insert smiley face for the serious minded).

In one word, No.