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Mosfet amps A true compromise betw. tubes and SS?

I heard from several people that Mosfet SS amps are a nice compromise between tubes and SS amps.
There is one manufacturer in particular I am interested
http://www.wbe-audio.de,s croll down to Fusion 700 (its a German made amp, but he has an English web page) who calls his hybrid amp a Mono tube mosfet amp.
I would really appreciate if someone who has more insight would tell me a bit more of advantages and shortcomings of this design and if the claim: "sound of tubes with power of SS" is true or not. Also I would like to know if these are fast amps, as I plan to maybe use them with my ML Prodigy, should the Wolcott amps, I bought recently, not work satisfactorily.
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Muralman1 - what is a "step-up capacitor"?

BAT also has a very neutral sound MOSFET amp in their VK-200 (now replaced by the VK-250). Two gain stages and no global feedback. A very "Passish" design philosophy. If one is looking for some inexpensive but well built MOSFET amps they might want to try the last of Sony's ES amps. Especially the TAN90ES. Not a BAT or Pass, but quite inexpensive and at least their equal in quality, if not quite there to the nth degree in sound. Also fairly "Passish" in design philosophy.
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