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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?
mglik
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cal3713
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@mglik More great news. Congrats.

@luisma31 http://www.emissionlabs.com/datasheets/EML-20B.html
https://www.bartola.co.uk/valves/2018/03/25/eml-20a-dht-preamp/

luisma31
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@mglik congrats again, that mp-3 is an absolute amazing preamp, I had one with no vcaps no special updates but the mk3.3 iteration, that preamp was incredible, hard to best
luisma31
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@cal3713 thank
you,
Never heard about that tube before, filament voltage and current like the 300B but it seems that because the construction could be more linear that other DHTs, thanks
luisma31
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone, listening to my mp-1 and MA-1s right now, some Michael buble (wife likes it) God bless you all (haters and trolls included)
mglik OP
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I got my Bakoon HPA-01 the other day. I am super happy with my Atmas but, man, the Bakoon thing is for real! It has musicality and incredible transparency, it has most of the great qualities of SS-detail, bass, dynamics with no harshness or glare. The sound is addictive!
It is my new headphone amp with my $30K CD setup. Bakoon uses a current drive Satri circuit,
They say, and I agree, it is like looking through a clear window. Indeed, a new take on SS. And it is an integrated. If anyone asked me what amp to buy, I would say-Bakoon!
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