Solid State to replace Audio Research REF110?

I guess I would ask the OP if the blown tube was an ARC tube, or from a different seller. ARC stands by their tubes and offers a warranty for a time period to include repairs. I have owned five different ARC tube amps, VT100mk2 through my current Ref150. The only time I had an issue was when I bought tubes from another supplier to save some cash. That cost me plenty, so I recommend ARC tubes for ARC gear.
Also, ARC does not fuse the amps in this way for performance reasons. If you want a lower performing tube amp which will blow a fuse, those are available.
I will say that I am seeing these solid state amps recommended as alternatives and having owned many of them, well, they are not in the same ballpark as your Ref110. That said, I do own an Ayre VX-5 which is a great solid state amp. Note that this is NOT the V5xe.
Just my .02

Joman, why do you say it is a persistent problem? It is not. If it were, they would fuse it and not have the issue. Can you imagine the issues they would have with the ref610 and 750's if these were recurring problems?
This is the problem with the internet...

What bugs me about this thread is all the armchair quarterbacking about circuit design by non-engineers. These designs are all different. BAT does not design like ARC. Any electrical engineers with expertise on tube circuitry weighed in on these issues? I mean, are we really supposed to agree that since one person did not hear degradation with a change to BAT amps that ARC should fuse theirs?
This is all just a bit ridiculous. The only thing these designs have in common is they use tubes.
Charles1dad, we get your point. We don't agree. Saying it again won't change that. You should steer clear of ARC amps, definitely.
I am going over to the Porsche forum now and tell them they have to design their cars for better gas mileage. I will tell them that my Fusion gets better mileage and they need to do whatever Ford does.
That was an analogy, I kid!

Reading that back, it sounds a bit harsh. Sorry.
This is supposed to be fun.