Why do some people like low powered tube amps???
Stereophile just tested a $10k 10watt tube amp.They claim it sounds so musical and great. It has 4% distortion at 10 watts( bad).How can a tube amp with a lot of distortion sound like the real thing?? A good Solid-State amp with less than .1% distortion and better transient response sounds much more like live sound, than a (piece of crap) tube amp.If you don't like the sound of a good Solid-Stateamp, then you don't like something closer to real live sound. Also a good jazz cd will sound much better then a typical distorted vinyl system!! Tubes and vinyl SUCK compared to a good cd and S.S. amps. If you don't agree with me ,tell me why-RUDY
I like single ended tube amps, preferably triode types!
With very efficient spkrs good tube amps project a rather lush/romantic type of sound.
If you are of the rock and roll sound with high dynamics then SS would be the better route to follow.
I listen to classical/blues/jazz and then classic rock for my listening.
I use a 300B SET (single ended triode) for 8 wpc and I paid less than $2400 for mine. I use JBL 2226 midbass drivers with a JBL 2446 compression driver/Be phrams on a 500hz round wooden Edgar tractix horn with a modified Pi crossover(1.6khz) voiced to my liking!
To my ears SS sounds too sterile for my liking!
Just my 2 cents worth!
Regards, Ron