SS amp - which one ???

I am confident anyone of the amps I listed will please you greatly compared to the SF. The Monarchy line has several Hybrid amps with only one small tube per mono.

I think the Electrocompaniet would be the best, but I see none right now. There is a nice Quad 909 for sale and perhaps that would be a wonderful match to your speakers. Do some reading on it and you will find most say it is very musical and warm sounding.

Small unit and helps you simplify plus saves money and achieves great system synergy.

Forte 4A.

mccormack 125 is killer amy mccormack is good, also the linn amps sound great and pretty cheap too.

I second the Electrocompaniet 220 or Parasound. Most members on audiogon have never heard an Electrocompaniet but they will and you will see it show up more on these types of threads. I bought the Nemo monoblocks solely on the reviews and it is one of the most musical solid state I have ever had in my system after the Rowland amps I owned. Excellent value and build quality.

05-29-10: Jax2
At $1500, I'd probably agree with Tvad - you'll be back to tubes as I can think of nothing in that range (that I've actually heard myself) that would keep me from going back to what I could do with $1500 in a used tube amp (Grant, if that's a blanket statement, as you might guess, I'd have to disagree with you there...I don't think that's a given, at least not in my experience).

It was based on the $1500 price point, and the OP's stated background.