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Strongly Disagree with This

"Keeping in mind of course that if you really want to hear what an SET does don't play it past about 20-25% of full power. Otherwise the distortion will cause it to sound very 'dynamic'."

My 211 SETs can output 30W in Class A2, and distortion is very low all the way out to that maximum capability. I can't speak to the OP's speaker characteristics, but it is certainly possible to design a SET well above 300B power levels with low distortion and the nuance SETs are known for.

Much of the credit for this performance admittedly goes to the OPTs - Magnequest FS-100 with 10K primaries. Don't know if anything comparable is still available.







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