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Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass)

Speaker interactions aside, what solid state amp brands/designers tend to have a fuller sound these days? Not necessarily warm or tubey per se, but fleshed out in the upper bass and harmonically complete in the midrange, as opposed to lean. E.g. an Australian ME Sound amp I have from a while back has this quality, without sounding overtly warm. 

Obvious candidates: Pass, Luxman. What else?

Cost no object, feel free to throw out one-liners. Think of it as a poll.  (Please don't answer tubes though, thanks. :D )
taww
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pbnaudio
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http://pbnaudio.com/audio-components/audio-amplifiers/olympia-ebsa-3

and its two smaller siblings :-)

Good Listening

Peter
mitch2
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Hello Peter, unfortunately I have never had a chance to hear your amplifiers - they look great.  I am curious about your design of big stereo amps instead of monoblocks, and also about the "bridged" implementation of your stereo amps - are these true differential amplifiers?  Is there any effect on the input or output impedance of the amps when running them bridged?  Also curious about your use of MOSFET compared to bi-polar output devices.  My experience has been that MOSFET outputs sound softer while bi-polar outputs have provided better dynamics in the amps I have heard, but I am sure these observations have been influenced by more than the output devices alone.
bobheinatz
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Taww,
I owned the Neodio  for a few years.  It was a wonderful amp and I should have never sold it.

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maxboy00
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You may want to consider a Modwright KWA 150SE, it’s a versital well designed and very engaging amp. Modwright products seem to fly under the radar, but are able to provide excellent sonics. 


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