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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
mglik OP
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Yes, I am now an owner and major fan of AGD. I am so impressed with my $8350 Audions that I am considering upgrading to the top line Gran Vivaces. However, I can’t imagine any amp sounding better than my entry level AGD Audions. But that is always the case with upgrading. One thing I now know for sure, I have never heard any amp that competes with the SQ of AGD. Class D truly can sound very good. But AGD amps are based on a patented GAN module developed specifically for Audio. Other GAN amps available use GAN transistors used in radar, lidar, etc. The result is that I now hear a level of transparency that reveals the heart and soul of musicians.
The experience is new, transformative and unlike anything I have ever heard in 50 years.  A “fan boy”? Boy hoody!
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lewinskih01
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@atmasphere 

Ralph, glad to hear about the beta production and perception of their sound. Any guidance you can provide on expected timeline to market, mono/stereo, power, estimated price range for your class D?
davkobza
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I have to agree that AGD amps really are that good. At the time that I demoed them I had an XA-25 and the SIT-3 (as well as Line Magnetic LM-508ia), I was already immersed in GREAT sound and yet these AGDs were something altogether different. I had never heard a sound so distortion-free. The clarity itself was a revelation to my ears.
Re-visiting my album collection was a thrilling adventure! Every genre from classical to heavy metal sounded incredible and fresh to these ears. It was like a film (distortion) had been removed and the subtleties of instrument articulation were now so much more apparent. Especially acoustic instruments.

Loudspeakers I’m using at present are Tekton Encores. 
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atmasphere
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Ralph, glad to hear about the beta production and perception of their sound. Any guidance you can provide on expected timeline to market, mono/stereo, power, estimated price range for your class D?
The Beta production amps are monoblock, 100 w into 8 ohms and 200 into 4. They have balanced and single-ended inputs. Depending on solutions to supply chain interruptions we might be August or September although we've already shipped the first one. Price is 5100/pair.
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