Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?

@invalid - I haven't argued that SS devices are transparent. The point is that, assuming that the manufacturer is strict about tolerances, SS amplifiers will sound the way they were designed to sound. Tube equipment will sound different depending on which tubes are installed.

There are plenty of transparent SS amplifiers. 

many many many... 

transparent is not enough for a solid state amplifier, musically complete, grain less and flowing are the challenges. these are relative things. not absolutes.

however transparent does seem to satisfy many solid state amplifier owners.

it's about expectations. i'm a tube lover who owns solid state. i don't want to settle.

Very well said ...

Thanks...

transparent is not enough for a solid state amplifier, musically complete, grain less and flowing are the challenges. these are relative things. not absolutes.

however transparent does seem to satisfy many solid state amplifier owners.

it's about expectations. i'm a tube lover who owns solid state. i don't want to settle.