What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard?


What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard?
jozurr

1.  I also highly recommend Robert Harley's "Complete Guide to High End Audio".  A consummate guide.

2. I have not heard many of the fine SS amps alluded to, but I can isolate the impact of the new amp in the system as I replaced my excellent Accuphase E550 with the Dagnostino Momentum driving Sonus Faber Amati Homage Anniversiers, and the difference was dramatic. A super clean fine-grained signal, what my wife describes as "pure", That may be something you want to audition if you have speakers requiring current.

The three that are all in systems that are used regularly with widly various components/cables/interconnects/ pre(but all tube pre)/sources/speaker combos are:
Bedini 100/100 in system at my office
Levinson 23.5, aecond system
Pass 260.8 mono's, main system

No thoughts to any future upgrades 
yyzsantabarbara

I have not heard the m-900u. As good as the 509x is I am sure I will instantly want it...but from what I have heard, it really needs to be driven from the c-900u preamp to totally manifest its magic. This is not in my budget at this time. That being said I could step up to the m-900u and use my dac as pre for a while...but not sure if I’d actually be in a degraded state from the level I have now...which is the best system I’ve ever assembled in this often torturous journey. I recently came from pass x250.8 and xp20 combo. Excellent gear no doubt, but there is more realism and soul, to me, with the 509. I remain sort of in a state of disbelief as the weeks roll on. Thusly I think I’m better off pipe dreaming about the 900 level stuff but in the meantime totally enjoying this wonderful integrated.