Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?

@barts …”But I honestly don’t understand why you rejoice in hearing the violinist foot tapping in the third row.”

Perhaps you were lucky and quick and “got” the essence of music quickly. But, I am pretty sure for the majority of audiophiles early experiences with music influenced them. For me, mostly in the ‘70s. Really moved by the beat and rhythm and terrible sonic reproduction. Desiring kick drums to have greater impact… then being really impressed by being able to actually hear the lyrics of songs we knew for many years. Then to distinguish each of the Beatles voices.

Decade by decade one becomes glued to what more can one hear with the next upgrade… slowly loosing track of the real musical essence.

I listen to other’s high end system’s, and what dealers present. I was not alone. I am highly analytical… this is an easy route to take… and many have. I have heard so many detailed scraping systems that I find it hard to believe. 

If my posts are redundant… well, I am just reacting to the questions… so. I guess I must be consistent.

Fetish? 

"Yes, there is both right and wrong, you are simply seemingly unaware of it."

There is also pompous, condescending and self-absorbed.

Tony, I appreciate your affection, you follow me everywhere.

When I say reference I don't mean Pass amps with some lower end Wilson speakers. Just because you have a good sound doesn't mean necessarily that it is a reference sound. There are preferences and subjective elements and there is also objectivity. Who has top or near top level Boulder, Gryphon or D'Agostino amplification? That's reference level SS amplification. And lets put them against same level Lamm VAC and CAT. Why would you go with those SSs instead of tubes, practical considerations aside ? They would never give you the midrange that those valve amplifiers would.

OP writes:

(A) There are preferences and subjective elements and there is also objectivity

(B) Why would you go with those SSs instead of tubes, practical considerations aside ? They would never give you the midrange that those valve amplifiers would?

I'm not sure whats being argued here in (A) with the reference to objectivity. The fallacious argument from authority statement in (B) appears to be implying that this completely subjective statement is objective. But perhaps I'm misinterpreting.

Anyway, the term reference in a hi fi context is meaningless. It would appear from the post above that the OP sees "reference" as the best available. If that is the case then there are legions of solid state amplifiers which qualify including Pass XS, MBL, Constellation etc, etc. The "why would anyone go with those SSs instead of tubes? conjures up the old Monty Python "what have the Romans ever done for us?" sketch - power output, dynamic range, S/N level, damping factor - and consistency where the sound doesn't change when you replace the output devices, are a few things that come to mind.