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

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.

Bakoon. The offspring of a baboon and a raccoon? Rocky Rebozo?