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RE: One hard lesson, speakers are everything

Tube watts are precious. To get more forces you into pentode, ultralinear, or tetrode mode. Doing that forces you into feedback. All of that forces you into a much greater understanding of electonics and the need for better measuring devices. If you can avoid all of that it is much simpler to build something that sounds good (IMHO).

Speaker efficency is the key to that goal. If you can put together something that presents a constant impedance at a reasonable XXdb/watt then you can forego feedback and high wattage. I have found that looking at pro audio speaker offerings is the ticket. I also think it pays to consider an active crossover and and bi-amping. Real bass takes serious wattage best served by a solid state amp.

Just my 2 cents based on what I have discovered over the years. Certainly you can build a higher wattage amp and use more traditional speakers but I find that a harder way to to go.


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