Tube or solid state amp or amps?

I would recommend Sonic Frontiers Power 3 monoblocks. They sell for a good price on Audiogon and there are two available now. If you don't need 200 to 300 watts, there is a power 2 which is a little smaller. I just retubed mine to KT88s and the sound is great. The nice thing about tubes is you can change the sound by changing to a different set of tubes.

I tried the mix-and match tubes and ss for a while back. Tube pre and SS amps..vice versa. Pretty interesting sounds. I also bought a pair of beautiful monoblocks and the tube pre ( Magnum series) but after a while I sold them all. Tubby sounds can also create listenning fatigue or boring feeling as much as SS sounds. Why don't get two good systems for both tubes and SS. You can have the best of the both.

I had Pass 1.2 monoblocks. I replaced them with CAT JL1s. I much prefer the tube sound.

> tubes rule...

I thought this for 30 years. I was mistaken.

I like my tubes in the front end and prefer solid state amplfication. Some of these new tube amp designs sound more like good solid state but comes with the hassle of tube replacement.