Is solid state obsolete?

In one word, No.

Not as long as Nelson Pass knows what day it is.

Bgrazman, you are not foolish for suggesting a tube pre and ss power combo. I have been running a tube pre and SS power combo for 15 years. My original question was to start a discussion about a truly new development in audio technology. I believe there will be more displacement of SS with IC; than tube equipment with IC.

i hope so that way i can get my hands on everybody's obsolete amps super cheap.

mike.

Heck, nothing arouses me more than big, hulking, 600-pound badass class-A ss amp with heatsinks protruding from the side. A la Pass X1000 monos. Or XA200... Hmmm, oh yeah babes... Come to daddy...
Or the shiny gleaming smooth scalloped front panel of Jeff Rowland Model 12... four boxes of heavenly goodness...
Or the massive Gryphon Antilleon monos...
Or the Halcro DM68...
Okay, I stop dreaming now... Enough audioporn, back to work, maybe one day I can afford them...