"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

wrote:

Going with 1000 watts, I will need much more control and tubes that
can handle the abuse. In reality, I'd like to go for 2500 or even
5000 watts per channel, but I doubt any tubes can handle that.

The main interest in valves these days is with SET (single ended
transformer) designs which are the best for that 'valve sound'.

You mean the ones with the highest distortion !

Graham