In my brain i have the sound of triode amp because from 1989 to end of 2015 i listen only with tube and very good quality like Yamamura with 845,Audiotekne top,ANJ M 10,Gakuon,Neiro silver,Ongaku,Baransu,Shindo Petrus and 300 B Limited,Mactone M8V otl mono,FAL,Dissanayake,Kondo Souga,GE 1,ecc,ecc with horn speaker Audiotekne and Monovia Audiotekne or others,
so i know the tone.
Then i bought a new speaker Montagna,that i like a lot, that is 98.5 db with very simple network and very good quality of drivers,so i could use this speaker also with tube for his high efficiency,but this speaker go also very well with amp with 200/300 watt.
I listen in the shop of my friend near my home many many times a lot of good transistor amp like Pass XS 300,Mephisto,Rowland 925,Esoteric grandioso,Mc Intosh mc 1.2K,D' Agostino mono,Spectral 360 mono and 260,FM 411,ML 33,Viola Bravo II,Gryphon Colosseum mono and Krell Evo One of my friends,Burmeister 911 and Antileon Signature i had,ecc,ecc
All good amp but far from my sound.
Then one day i listen in that shop CH C1 with A1 mono and i found much better that other TT amp i listen and i tried at home.
I was very surprised for their sound very fast and dynamic,natural on mid,voice,violin,with high very wide but sweet,with good and controlled bass and deep with infinite power
and i bought using A1 in a second system and C1 in main system like DAC
Then i tried L1,X1,P1,M1 and i bought all selling all Kondo system
So i don't know how tell you but i like more that triode i had before and is a very good match with my speaker
Also my 7/8 friends that followed my system prefer CH in my system
If i had a horn speaker with ALE or GOTO with 115 db could be i didn't buy CH