Yeah...what they all said. I ended up buying a used Counterpoint SA-100 amp (a hybrid tube/mosfet design). It sounded pretty nice in stock form, but those particular mosfets had a history of failure. I had mine completely rebuilt by the original designer and he has since switched to something other than mosfets (you can check it all out at www.altavistaaudio.com) on his newer designs and rebuilds. Some people love their characteristics, but like the above people said...it all depends on the designer. There are good and bad designs using all technologies. Still...I do prefer some tubes in the system. I have gone in the direction of hybrid amps and preamps, but you can always mix tube and SS like Sugarbrie mentioned above.
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.
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.