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Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp?

You probably think I'm crazy, but with all the improvements in solid state, are there any transistor preamps that have the following characteristics I hear in tubes?

1. Fully fleshed out instrumental timbre and overtones?

1. Full, alive midrange with bloom, body and dimension?

2. The airy space and separation between instruments?

3. That realness and aliveness of tubes?

4. At a retail of around $6,000 or less?

I'm sure I'll be getting some clashing opinions on this....
saxo
pubul57
3,712 posts
 
I find that as I've gotten older (50)I have slowly, ever so slowly, stopped listening to the equipment and let myself into the music (or vice versa). Its hard as an audiophile, because I love trying equipment and taken a unit's "measure". Unfortuantely, it interferes with the music. I find myself more frequently forgetting about the equipment and that is a good thing - maybe my equipment has gotten better over the years, or I've become a better listener. Asa, you get my sense of "bloom" precisely.
pinkus
144 posts
 
Asa,

my cognicizing faculties are experiencing congnitive fading while trying to make sense of your post. Sometimes a stereo is just that...a stereo, nothing more nothing less.
pubul57
3,712 posts
 
In the real world yes, in GON World a little less so.
dcstep
1,518 posts
 
What happened to Asa??
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
is it possible that replacing capacitors and resistors from some solid state preamps can bring one closer to a "tube-like" presentation?
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