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"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??
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veroman
299 posts
 
maintenance factor for tubes? what is that? they last for a damn long time.
dbong
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I was pleasantly surprised by an Audia Flight FL3 integrated. Held up nicely comparing back to back with modern tube gear at the local store. Can be found heavily discounted on demo at a few stores. Might be worth a listen and a google.
learsfool
1,215 posts
 
I would say stick to tubes. However, this reminds me of a funny thread once where someone asked tube lovers that if a gun were held to their head and they had to listen to a solid state amp, the overwhelming choice was Naim. My brother has one, and it does sound pretty good. I would give them a try if you just have to have solid state.
digsmithd
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My modwright kwi 200 has some nice warmth to it...
digsmithd
913 posts
 
I find my modwright kwi 200 has a nice warmth to it....

There is a nice pass class 30 watter here/could take some solvent to try and remove the goo that's around power light.

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