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

Sansui go on for almost 50 years in audio and the goal for their last 30 years was reproducing their best tube amplifier sound (1965) in a solid state version(1995), they accomplish that after more than 30 years of continuous research... Name one company in audio that have the same goal for 30 years ? Not an indefinite improvement goal, nor a general one, but a very difficult task and precise one, finally accomplished just before their bankrupcy.....Read that review... this is astounding...

http://www.sansui.us/issues_AU111vsAL907MR.htm

My rightly embedded Sansui is the AU-7700 and gives me great dynamic with organic sound without feeling any lacks in details... I embed it rightfully tough, controlling mechanically for resonance, and electrically for a lower noise in the electrical house grid and in my room controlled acoustics I dont feel at all any lack attributed to S.S. amplifiers in general....I own also one Sansui of the alpha series.....


A reminder: it is way more important to embed rightly any electronic component than even upgrading it, because you will never know his true potential S.Q. without a rightful embeddings in the 3 dimensions : mechanic, electric, and acoustic....

There is no comparison at all between the same amplifier rightly embedded and not rightly embedded....This is true for any amplifier.....Out of the box without treating any embeddings dimension is not the way to use ANY electronic component....

Here is the story between the comparison by Sansui between his best tube amplifier and his best solid state one....

http://www.sansui.us/issues_AU111vsAL907MR.htm

Hi everyone

I to am very interested in hearing the LTA amps. As you all probably know, these are all David Bernings designs implemented by Linear Tube Audio at much more reasonable price points. David Berning is a brilliant designer and engineer who has been granted a patent for his ZOTL design and really thinks outside the box. 

The other name brand that has mentioned in this thread is Valvet. Every time I look at the pictures inside these amps and see the simplicity of the build quality and how few parts are being used I want to hear them. 

Scot

This is actually developing into really good thread.I suspect a lot of the posters here really do have good sounding systems.And I am not talking in the "hi fi" sounding sense.And that is perhaps what is great about SETs.I know that if I am going to listen to a system using a good a SET I know I am likely to hear some great music.Not just some soulless "audiophile " pap.Perhaps another way of rephrasing the original title could be-"If you like SETs what other amplifiers do you also enjoy listening to" .In my case it is the Bakoons.Indeed that is exactly how I would describe them.Which does not mean they sound exactly like a good SET.They don't but they have the musical essence of a really good SET. But I am sure there are others and it is great to hear about them.

I'd like to try a Bakoon against my Valvet/Passxa25/First Watt Sit 1 + 3 etc....problem is they are almost impossible to re-sell due to their lack of a following here in the USA. So its a REAL Gamble investing in one without auditioning. Im going to assume you also cant get a 20+% Discount off the MSRP because of the limited # of dealers. I am sure they sound absolutely wonderful.