Anyone permanently convert from tubes to SS?

Once you find a good tube solution to your liking. But that's just me. I could never go back..:)

AG

All my life I loved tubes and even today I have tube preamplifier. However, my speakers sound the best with high powered amplifier so I had to look everythere.
My choice in power amp is Spectron Musician III - with midrange same as the best tube amplifiers I ever heard. On other hand its not SS amp either, its class D.

If I would have a horn speaker I would use tube SET amp.

I suggest you to read excellent article on this sugject:

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/manufacture/0708/index.html

All The Best
Rafael

Even though the Spectron is a class D amp it is still solid state.

"Even though the Spectron is a class D amp it is still solid state"

How so? Congress decided or you, personally?
- shred of evidence, suggestion, a clue would be most welcome

If you want to say that pulse modulation is made by two transistors then please don't - they are, at least in Spectron, out of signal pathway and out of power supply too. Its not amplification device (as transistor or tube are in transistor or tube amps) - nor do you have transistor's pattern of distortions (0.0000%)

so...?

Dob, I am slightly confused. . . if class D or T switching amps are not solid state, what are they supposed to be. . . if anyone has designed a new classification, I am not yet aware of it. Please enlighten us.