"Warm Sounding" Solid State Amplifiers


As a Canadian I am naturally a huge fan of Bryston products but not long ago I switched things up for a NAD C355BEE integrated amp and instantly realized what I had been missing in terms of warmth, sweetness and overall pleasant sound.

I'm interested in moving up from there into some Class A or A/B amps but I don't know of any other warm sounding Solid State amps other than Pass Labs which are out of my price range at the moment.

Tubes are obviously "where it's at" as they would say but the maintenance factor is somewhat of a deterrent for me. Should I just go for an M series NAD amp or is there another intermediate product between that and Pass Labs??
pontifex
Geoff, so it's your twin we've been dealing with? That explains everything. Stick around, you're in for a treat!
Pontifex, FWIW I have the x250.5 and agree with your statements. It is a very balanced amp that does just about everything well.
Csontos,
Sabai didn't turn it at all - what he wrote was his opinion based on his listening experience. Maybe he'll update it if he does listening to a wider variety of amps & maybe he won't?? Either case as far as I'm concerned he's OK to voice it here in this forum.

Seems like Zd542 has a very similar opinion as I do.....