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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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atmasphere
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Are you implying a new design, new build?
@sonetduo   Nelson Pass had some made but then the semiconductor house went belly up. Unlike the Sony and Yamaha devices, you can actually kinda sorta find the Tokin devices... So that's about as close to 'common' with these things as it gets!

Funny that tubes like the 6SN7 that were considered obsolete 55 years ago you can still get brand new, but semiconductors go out of production when the wind changes, and when they're gone, that's pretty much it.
sonetduo
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@atmasphere ,
yes, some Tokin devices are still available but they are no longer manufactured (I have some NOS). The Tokin devices were manufactured for telecomunication and were never as linear as the Sony or Yamaha choices...or the original NECs for that matter.

Not sure if @teo-audio was suggesting a new design of an one-off amp or a small batch production. The later would not be feasible with the current levels of NOS Tokins.

True, interesting how smicinductors just go away....

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oddiofyl
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No.....
ag3__
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@joeinid 

How you liking the F7 these days ? I remember you were mentioning the F7 had a bit bigger soundstage and a little more detail than the valvet - still feel that way ?  

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joeinid
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@ag3__ 

I have not gone back to the F7 since the initial few days. We’ve had a storm pass through, no power for almost 3 days and with some frequent brown outs, have not had the stereo on much at all this past week.

While I’ve initially loved and love the F7, my main amp is and has been the SIT3 on my Avantgarde. I eventually need to put the F7 back in rotation, but my SIT3 has been just so wonderful for me, I’m getting a little lazy swapping out gear.
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