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.
tekunda

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Zaikesman, thank you for caring. You are absolutely right. Its kind of crazy to worry about new amps without even having auditioned the new ones I have bought.
The reason is not an advanced stage of Audiophilia Nervousa though.
I am in Germany right now for a short visit and the guy who makes the Mosfet amps, tries to convince me that his amps are really worth taking a shot. The only problem with this is, that my system is in Florida. Before I go through the trouble and ship the German made amps over to the US for an audition, I hoped to find out what people in general have to say about such a design.
If most people would have agreed that a Mosfet is nothing I should look into, I wouldn't have bothered even thinking about having these amps shipped. But from what I read here, I planned my startegy now, which is to audition the Wolcott first and only if I am absolutely not happy, have the German amps shipped for a further audition.