I picked up an Onkyo TX-2500 MKII that sounded like my tube amp. I was actually stunned. Any other and hopefully newer SS gear sounds like a quality tube amp? Tube amps usually have a natural sound and lots of detail with high clarity.
You can simulate a tube amp through speaker modification.
Put a low value, high wattage resistor in series with the woofer to kill the damping and put a small cap (~2-3 mfd) in parallel with the tweeter to roll off the highs.
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