Solid state amps aint all that bad

I'm continually running into guitarists that snub their noses at solid state amps, and when I ask them have they ever actually played through this or that particular solid state amp, the answer is always "no". Clearly this gives rise to the adage, don't knock it till you try it, but just like tube amps, solid state amps have their own tonal personalities. Speaker cabinet design is a big factor in the sound, so in a case like the GK 250ML, if you haven't heard one hooked up to a decent pair of matched speaker cabinets, you really have not heard it at all, because the internals simply do not do it justice. Add to that, anyone running through the original internal speakers these days has a pair that need reconing badly and they have no bottom end whatsoever (they did have a bit when they were new)