Intergrated or Solid State Whats The Difference ?

Hap,

Keep reading, it will start making sense to you in a while. Concerning your questions:

An integrated amp is a pre-amp and a power amp built in one chassis.

A solid state amp uses transistors for amplification and a tube amp uses tubes for that function.

Mono-block simply means that there in only a mono amp built on the chassis. For stereo (2-channel) you would need a pair of mono-block amplifiers.

Tube amps can be anywhere between about .5 watts/channel and several hundred watts/channel. They can come in mono-block layout or they can be stereo (2 channel) amps.

I hope this helps a bit.

Enjoy,

TIC

Hap,

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Enjoy,

TIC