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

@mglik congrats again, that mp-3 is an absolute amazing preamp, I had one with no vcaps no special updates but the mk3.3 iteration, that preamp was incredible, hard to best

@cal3713 thank
you,
Never heard about that tube before, filament voltage and current like the 300B but it seems that because the construction could be more linear that other DHTs, thanks

Good for you enjoying the M-60s. I have the MA-1s, excellent amps, if you use a DHT preamp with the M-60s these are so transparent that you will get the DHT lush sound, such sound although amazing is not my cup of tea for every day listening, I rather have a pre with 6SN7s, but that is just my preference.Congrats on the OTLs, it is hard to go back to SET or SS from there.

Others probably won't know right away, as you did, what these amps could deliver.

+1

Supratek Cabernet Dual with 300B on one stage and 6SN7 on the other stage, in both cases the OTLs will preserve the nature of the sound in such a transparent way, I’m a neophyte with a short audio experience compared to many of you and professionals in the industry and just recently had the chance to empirically understand the "transparency" concept which Ralph @atmasphere commented to me years ago about his gear and I thought I understood what he was describing and I wasn’t, I thought transparency was a synonym to "clear" and "detailed" and kind of his but the real concept is "passing through unaltered", but you need to try gear on your system to find out about the differences (duh).
The OTLs of course will provide dynamics and gain on the sound with perfect clear resolution but they won’t provide color, or even harshness to the sound and won’t change the "nature or tonality of the preamp sound". This is a blessing but also a curse, beware, you feed crappy sound and you will get crappy sound. I run an MP-1 on my system which (again) Edit:could be for the lack of a better word "disgustingly transparent", your source is magical you get magic, your source sucks and you will be disappointed.
I thought on mentioning this since the OP got OTLs and he should be enjoying these very much.I don’t doubt SS and SET amps could be good but based on my limited experience if you want to experience SET sound you could perfectly match SET pre with Atma OTLs.I’ll be happy to provide more details @cal3713 if
you ask

Sure no problem

Seems to be a bit of a consensus that people prefer the 6sn7 circuit in the Suprateks.

Don't get me wrong, the DHT is very special, best way I can describe it is if you want your sound to sound like a live event go DHT but if you prefer studio type sound then 6SN7s, I haven't tried the 45s, I heard is the closest to 6SN7s from all DHTs.

but am also looking forward to comparing the different preamp typologies

Oh yeah go to town and report back please, as long as the wallet allows it right ;)

As you accurately state... you only learn by hearing the gear in your system.

This a great exercise not only to find out but also to "calibrate" your own hearing I can clearly hear difference with different tubes technologies, with the same tube and different manufacturer is harder for example Sylvania, Raytheon 6SN7s it is harder to tell how different they are, on the other hand Chinese cv181 new production sound very different. Same thing with wine once you have gulped 1000 bottles or so of different wines you can have an accurate baseline to keep comparing lol
Really report back BTW Eml 20am don't know what it is was that a typo?

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, listening to my mp-1 and MA-1s right now, some Michael buble (wife likes it) God bless you all (haters and trolls included)