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Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy?

Have been a SET guy for so long I have forgotten what a good SS amp even sounds like.
Just bought a pair of $33k speakers that will replace my current $16k speakers. Both are from the same designer and both are 92db and a flat 8 ohms. The new ones arrive in 4 days!
My 300B based amps well drive my current speakers even though I do use the system nightly as a 2 channel home theater. Especially considering the HT usage, I think I may enjoy a SS amp with many times the horsepower. The speaker designer suggests using a Leema Hydra II. I have written to Leema telling them of my 300B preference and they assure me that their amp does not have the destructive harmonics that make a SS amp bright. There must be other SS amps that can satisfy?
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jorgjean
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I would like to draw your attention to the german AVM Audio brand.
I run an Ovation A6.2 into Dynaudio Sapphires. The craftsmanship of these amps is outstanding. Their class A/AB is amps are very revealing yet very musical. The top of the range amps, AVM Ovation line, combine SState and Tube ouput. These are state of the art/benchmark products that last a lifetime. Very special.

Hope you have the opportunity to auditio.
techno__dude
511 posts
 
You can try Pass Labs. Some rolled off highs and bloated bass, just like a SET amp...
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geoffkait
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austinstereo
As a result of being in sales and service of audio gear for a very long time, we have yet to encounter a solid state amp that can match a tube amp in terms of warmth and space. Just as true, we have yet to encounter a tube amp that has the tautness and attack of a solid state amp. A push pull tube unit is a bit more of a happy medium between the two extremes.

>>>>>You might consider widening your search as a good tube amp will meet your requirements for tautness and attack, obviously the usual audiophile protocols must be followed, you know, room treatments, EMI/RFI treatments, vibration isolation, etc. as a large part of the sound ultimately is a function of “system engineering.” “Plug and play” only gets you so far. 
beetlemania
841 posts
 
Listen to a zero-feedback design. Close, if not quite matching, SET sound but also with advantages in bass control. Ayre and Aesthetix are in this category (altho the Aesthetix is a hybrid).
roberttdid
534 posts
 
Depends on the Pass amps. Their amps cover a wide range of musical likes.
Those rolled off highs and bloated bass would be speaker dependent as well.


techno__dude247 posts06-15-2020 12:01pmYou can try Pass Labs. Some rolled off highs and bloated bass, just like a SET amp...

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