Best SS amps with sound similar to tube amps

There are some SS or hybrid amps that sounds similar to the tube amps, cost not object, and power equal or more than 100W. Thanks

emigene11-12-2006 5:13pm

unsound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,315 posts 11-18-2006 at 03:22am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Carver?
unsound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,315 posts 11-30-2006 at 04:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Christobyl, thanks for chimming in. The Carver is the only ss amp I know of that was specifically designed to mimick a tube amp. Not just any tube amp, but, a highly respected one that was considered by many to be a classic representative of what tube amps were (are?) all about. Interestingly enough, conrad-johnson's own ss amps seem to have a lot of the virtues of tube amps as well. I thought there was at least one Sunfire amp that was supposed to be configurable to sound either like ss or tubes.
unsound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,315 posts 12-01-2006 at 03:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Christobyl, while I agree with you on most things, I beg to differ with regards to the wholesale condemnation of bi-polar equiped amps. While it's true mosfet amps generally tend to sound more like tubes, that doesn't necessarily mean that, that's correct or that all bi-polar equiped amps "sound bad". As matter of fact the c-j 2500a you speak so well of has bi-polar output transistors.