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If that amp makes about 7 Watts

-being a 300b amp, you might consider trying out a PP amp of the same power and see what you think.

The tricky bit when people compare SETs to other tube amps is the tube types used, the maximum power available, and the parts used to built them.

The output tubes are almost never the same. Neither is the power level, and with tube amps, SET or PP, the lower the power the better the output transformer can be. Especially when there's no feedback, these things can be tremendous variables.

FWIW:

I know of a 5 Watt PP amp that challenges SETs of any cost.

If you have a Dynaco ST35 (the smallest amp they made) properly fixed up it can be remarkably convincing. IMO you get much bigger than that and the 'magic' of tubes is far less profound.

This is all about 'how much better can it get', right?


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