Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?

I think people will be divided on this. Really don't care what you like or think, I have what I have because it works for me. May not for you, and really don't care not here to jamb any topology down your throat like some here. I have Tubes, SS, Hybrid's and each has their strength and weakness, some more than others. Enjoy what you have and be glad you can. 

Quad 63s=solid state , Class A                                                                                    Quad 57s= tube                                                                                                            ZU Soul = 8 watt tube S.E.T.    

@ghdprentice damn dude, you made me have tube envy, just reading that. Lol

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Mike, I finally see a serious system with a reel-to reel deck as a source, two in your case.

Interesting that you preferred the DartZeel to VAC and Lamm. Maybe I would've too had I heard it.

What kind of music do you mostly listen to ?

What kind of music do you mostly listen to ?

@inna

everything. i graduated from High School in 1969, so i’m first a 60’s and 70’s rock guy and do listen to that some. but i’ve grown over the last 30 years to love jazz and classical. and over time i now listen to 70% classical, 20% jazz.

lots of string quartets, piano trios, solo piano, large orchestral. recently was on a Mahler kick. all types of jazz but love the golden age and like mono pressings too. my system can do full justice to large scale music. that’s where the tubes can’t compete with my darTZeel. they are not linear and can’t do scale without distortion. tube amplification can be excellent, but in direct compare to the darts their shortcomings are exposed. their non musical tubey-ness gets pushed at you. the dart’s just keep going. and the darTZeel 468’s are tonally dense and rich, great textures and flow. and a very smooth and extended top end. not like typical solid state. the darts are musically rich and supple. grain less and liquid.

visitors to my room are not aware they are listening to solid state or tubes, there is no signature for either.....just.....music.

i do lots of high rez streaming, have about 20 Tb of files, 4000 CD’s and SACD’s (now ripped to files), 12,000 records, and 250 reel to reel albums mostly 2 reels each.