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Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy?

Have been a SET guy for so long I have forgotten what a good SS amp even sounds like.
Just bought a pair of $33k speakers that will replace my current $16k speakers. Both are from the same designer and both are 92db and a flat 8 ohms. The new ones arrive in 4 days!
My 300B based amps well drive my current speakers even though I do use the system nightly as a 2 channel home theater. Especially considering the HT usage, I think I may enjoy a SS amp with many times the horsepower. The speaker designer suggests using a Leema Hydra II. I have written to Leema telling them of my 300B preference and they assure me that their amp does not have the destructive harmonics that make a SS amp bright. There must be other SS amps that can satisfy?
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celtic66
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Honestly, did not carefully read all of the feedback.  Sugden mono blocks!  Badass power!  Musical!  Wretchedly fast!

I've owned lots of Sugden amplification and a 300B Manley preamp.  Yes, I know that is not a 300B based amp.  But, the immediacy of Class A, the slam of Class A and the timbre of Class A is simply addicting.

Anything anybody does with tubes is simply slow and very colored.  I've run VTL, Manley, a highly modified Mercury 3 and it's all wonderful.  Wonderfully, warm and rich and colored and slow.

If that's your style so be it.  I've left tubes permanently.  I run a Sugden Masterclass preamp and all active class A/B active speakers.  Done.  Best of luck and enjoy whatever you get.
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