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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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tonnesen
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"I've got a Pass XA30.5 and a Golden Tube SE40. I'm rigged to switch between them depending on what I'm listening to. Both so good, but different."
What preamp and speakers do you have, and can you say more about the differences?  I have GTA SE40 configured as monoblocks, Supratek Syrah preamp and Sonus Faber Signum monitors.  I've had this system for almost 20 years, and thinking that I should try a SS amp, looking seriously at the Pass XA25.  Thanks.


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