my next amp will probably be solid state too, i think the whole tube hype is just lots of edit, and solid states are easier to keep a clean tone opposed to vacuumtubes who start saturnating if you play loud.
I think its a shame that amp builders seem to be ashamed of their ss amps, they allways claim to have ss amps that sound like tube amps. I just want a amp that is not ashamed for what he is, with a really fuzzy overdrive just like transistor produce, not some fake smoothness, if i want smooth overdrive i just as well buy an overdrive pedal(many owners of a tube amp buy "tubelike" overdrive pedals too, which seems kind of retarded to me).