Anyone pairing Cornwall IVs with solid state amplification to good results?

@jbhiller 

Try the LSA Voyager 350 GaN amp, afterwhich, you might be having a used amp sale

Great responses. 

@coachpoconnor , the Pass XA25 needs to be in the system at some point.  I have a black Blusound Node 2i that I only used for about 6 months before I built a Roon NUC Rock endpoint.  I don't have the box.  PM me if you want to buy it. It's just sitting here.  PS I have Blusound devices throughout the house--just not in my music room anymore. 

@ozzy62 ,  I remember you had a Don Sachs.  That Allnic is beautiful.  Do you feel you're off the upgrade carousel?  I would think it will be difficult for you to do much better.

@mijostyn , your built in is super impressive.  I am envious Sir!  You should be very proud. 

@tweak, I would try that GaN amp.  I may sell some stuff to finance trying one.  

@bjesien , I really respect what they aim to do on ASR.  I tried a couple of their top rated DACs (I think one was Topping and the other I know was SML or something).  Both sounded crystal clear and super for the money.  But, neither sounds as good as my Doge Tube DAC or Marantz Ruby SACD/DAC when streaming.  The sound was not 3D, the soundstage was like a letter box.  Everything sounded clean and clear but it was jammed in to a letterbox size soundstage.  20 years ago those DACs would be amazing.  Today, I think they are B+/A-, which is awesome for the money.  But they are evangelistic in their commitment to them on ASR. To each, his/her own. 

Jbhiller-

In another 30 days, I'll reinstall the Pass XA-25 and make a final evaluation, but as I feel right now, the sound of the SIT-3 is more "tubey", and definitely my favorite. The First Watt F-8 would be another outstanding choice.

As to the Bluesound Node 2i, I was meaning to say, it's on the way out. The weakest link in my system. My Bluesound 2i might make its way upstairs or the Golf Course Pro Shop.

@coachpoconnor , HA!  Yes, the Node was my gateway into quality streaming.  It's not hard to best it, and it can mate well with a bona fide stand alone DAC.  I built an Intel NUC Roon Rock endpoint--just followed Roon's directions. And it was a huge step up feeding the same DAC that the Node did.  

Your comments on the SIT-3 are exactly what I was looking to hear.  I may give that a try. 

I will say the Marantz Ruby integrated is wonderful sounding.  The presentation is really nice and it has good 3D soundstage.  I'm just very curious to play with SS amps now as I've had a good 5-6 tube amps in here with the CWall IVs.  

@jbhiller I don't know about ASR or the rest, you may have mixed me up with another poster. 

I owned the Coda while I was on a speaker binge last year. I wanted to try a few speakers _CW4, Spendor D7 and Gershman. I found the Coda to be neutral, textured without being bright, had great musical flow (PRAT) and large scale sound while still being subtle. Great transparency. Warmish or neutral without loss of detail, fast without the shiver. In my opinion it was better than an el34 and el84 amps I tried or heard.

I'm not crazy about the front panel of the CSIB, mainly the fact that all the lights stay on when you power the amp down, but it's an amp that I would own again and I would even say I regret selling at times. I shipped in from New England to California (where it seems most gear goes) and the volume display and the bottom plate were damaged in transit. It's heavy and packaged well but shipping is horrible these days. Coda fixed the issued for around $275 (very reasonable). 

I've never heard the Pass Labs. I wish they had a presence in the northeastern part of the US.