If there were such a beast as a SS amp which really sounded like tubes then the manufacturer would get a corner on the SS market (IMHO)! Some solid state amps that I have heard that come close that won't cost an arm and a leg are made by Muse and Plinius... I'm sure there are others. Personally, if I were going to have a SS amp in my system I'd find an older Threshold amp - the SA series. With your speakers the SA3 or SA2's would be great and they are not a problem with tubes - I used them for years w/o problems. I think they may well be the best amps Nelson Pass ever designed. By the way, I doubt that you will hear the insertion of the capacitor in the Krell unless you have everything else in your system optomized, with either a tube or SS pre-amp. Oh, an extra "by the way" DC offset from a CDP shouldn't be a problem - it should stop at your pre-amp, and even if it didn't the volume control would substantially reduce the signal if it did pass.
