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"Warm Sounding" Solid State Amplifiers

As a Canadian I am naturally a huge fan of Bryston products but not long ago I switched things up for a NAD C355BEE integrated amp and instantly realized what I had been missing in terms of warmth, sweetness and overall pleasant sound.

I'm interested in moving up from there into some Class A or A/B amps but I don't know of any other warm sounding Solid State amps other than Pass Labs which are out of my price range at the moment.

Tubes are obviously "where it's at" as they would say but the maintenance factor is somewhat of a deterrent for me. Should I just go for an M series NAD amp or is there another intermediate product between that and Pass Labs??
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greginnh
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Try the Luxman Class A amps. The 550AX and 590AX are awesome sounding, tube like SS amps. Not sure what your music likes are but these may not be good for loud hard rock. The 550 goes for $4,900 US and the 590 jumps to around $9,000.

Not sure where you are located in Canada,but the are many retailers who carry this brand in the "Great White North"!
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