Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?

I never heard of audiophiles whose reference system had transistor amplification. It is always tubes. But maybe there are exceptions.

inna11-21-2023 4:36am

llg98ljk Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 179 posts 11-22-2023 at 12:24am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It just depends on your preferred distortion.
adewolf1 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3 posts 11-22-2023 at 12:29am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hilarious responses. Thanks all 😀😀😀😀
zavato Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,403 posts 11-22-2023 at 01:51am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Pass Labs XP-20 preamplifier, Pass Labs X250.8 amplifier and Pass Labs XP15 phono stage. Yeah, all solid state. I had owned Conrad Johnson tube gear for a while. Pass Labs made me forget about tubes.
thecarpathian Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,492 posts 11-22-2023 at 02:29am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "I have three reference systems, none of them are tubes." Coincidentally, I have three tube systems, none of them are reference.
mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,314 posts 11-22-2023 at 02:31am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete the instant I put anything on I could tell everything about the venue and recordings… mastering. Well what do you know…my hifi can do that! Look ma. no tubes!