Affordable SS that sound like Tubes

I was a 100% vinyl guy for many years. Due to maintenance cost and aggravation I switched to DSD after a lot of research and I have no regrets.

I am looking for suggestions on affordable SS that sounds as good as Tubes.

Here's the rub. My Mid Monos were less than $2,000 brand new and they sound incredible. As does my Pre that costed me less than $1,000.

Integrated suggestions are welcomed.

And I would like to hear from people that had fine tube equipment and switched to fine SS equipment.

And please, no mention of "Tubes have Higher Distortion." LOL

tonydennison08-21-2023 4:57pm

decooney Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,326 posts 08-23-2023 at 02:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @tonydennison "..I am looking for suggestions on affordable SS that sounds as good as Tubes." Aren’t we all. Best of Luck on that. Plan on spending 5x the cost of your Quicksilver tube amps to try and get closer to "there" with solid state. I say this having an upgraded true Class-A 50w SS amp sitting here from Pass/Forte’. When you find affordable SS that sounds "as good as tubes", let us know. People have been trying and wishing for this, for decades. You might fool yourself for a while with a used Firstwatt SIT-3 for a while, if you wanna try. They come up for sale every once in a while from the last try’er.