In Reply to: 300B PP or SE, serious DIY project posted by Eric Chan on September 9, 2012 at 07:02:17:
I prefer PP DHT's - 2A3/6B4G or 300B - to SE. To my ears, PP fixes more SE shortcomings than it gives up in "SE magic". Everything is a compromise, YMMV.
Your speakers don't seem to be particularly low power SE friendly. My speakers are 93dB efficienct, PP 6B4G is close but not quite enough to really handle large works at high volumes, PP 300B does the job.
I have heard only two PSE 300B amps; both came up short for me. Even the super expensive amp running pairs of matched Western Electric 300B's. Flabby on the low end and inarticulate in general. But, I have only listened to two, they're not common.
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