Tube amp with SS like bass

Moscode 401HR ($4995), Wolcott P220-S ($6500), perhaps the Music Reference RM-200 ($4000). The Moscode and Music Reference are tube/SS hybrids.

I know of no tube amp in your price range that will give you SS-like bass.

Or get a real sweet $2-3k amp like the Manley
EL84 sterbloc and keep your BAT SS for the bottom and Biamp. Now you
just need to figure out how to get them playing in synchrony. I guess
TVAD can tell us.
Mechans  (Threads | Answers)

Huh?

10-28-06: T_bone
My first question to others is... how can we know what will work without
knowing his speakers and room size? My speakers can put out truly
wall-shaking bass with 25-30 watts. There are plenty of amps at $2k
which can do that.

There are any number of
tube amps that can make the walls shake with
bass. The difference between most tube amplified bass and solid state
amplified bass lies in the quality of the bass...control and tightness all
the way to the lowest frequencies. This is where solid state is superior
and where most tube amps suffer, and I believe this is what
Gooddomino was referring to when he wrote, " I have the VK-200 and
am spoiled by its wonderfully tight bass
response".

T-Bone, agreed. Talk about apples to oranges, though. The Tyler PD-15, with high impedance and bass that goes to 38Hz and are quite different than even the Tyler System II that have lower impedance and go down to 32Hz.

The question of SS-like bass is almost moot with the 38Hz PD-15...several good KT88 tube amps would do the job nicely, IMO.

However, if the Tyler Signature System with bass down to 25Hz is being considered, then bass control is more of an issue.