YBA Passion Integrated or ML 383

The link from Google does not work. Here is the actual web site:

http://www.yba.fr/uk/index.php

By my "tube-like" comment I meant that the YBA appears to make tube lovers happy, meaning it does not sound too sterile or SS. On the warm and rich side but still detailed. I have not heard the amp myself (I would like to someday!) but have researched it extensively parsing together an overview of its character from a wide range of comments. Enough to interest me should I ever decide to move away from tubes.

Thanks, Budrew, for the link and explanation of your POV. Other than the YBA being a French product, it seems kinda nifty. :)

IMHO, the Passion is just about the sweetest 100 SS watts out there. Yes indeed: rich, warm top to bottom, innards beautifully constructed. Anybody know the pricing on the new Passion line? Specs? The website is a tease, but I'm sure these babies are going to deliver. I've been a Yba fan since the first Integre.

THanks for your thoughts guys!
I own several amp ,at this moment I am using the 47 LAb Gaincard, very nice but not the most dynamic one, but very natural sounding.
I hear a lot of good things about the YBA, the ML 383 is in Europe the benchmark for integrated amps.
The YBA is strangely ,almost onknown in Europe.
For the change I sometimes put my old gear to play and then I know again why I put a lot of cash in my audioset,
With the old gear I just loose my interest to listen.

Hard to believe that the ML 383 is a "benchmark" given my experiences. What can I tell you?--- Europeans are "cheap" dates... ..lol...peace, warren