Describe ube sound vs solid state

HA...I didn't really know much about these guys before booking the gig, and I really enjoyed 'em...small world indeed.

BTW I'm more of a Tiger Garcia fan! ;?)

Geoff, you may have missed Atmasphere's second from last post. I just wish he would name names.

Ridley Audio. http://www.ridleyaudio.com/Technology.htm

It appears Mr. Ridley has a handle on just what in general gives tube amps their character...'heat'. And it would stand to reason there's a correlation between output tubes and output transistors 'cookin' at full output.

The Ridley audio amp, like most tube amps runs hot and at 100 Watts 8 Ohms / 90 Watts 4 Ohms, is unlikely to provide linear frequency response through typical loudspeakers.
I haven't heard it, and only auditioning it would be conclusive, but an expensive, moderately powerful, hot running, non-linear amp doesn't sound too exciting to me.
It also raises the question as to whether it's actually a better ss amp or merely a more familiar sounding one to tube enthusiast.
FYI, I haven't been able to remove the Ridley Audio download from my Android.