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Decware: a worthwhile option?

On the surface, Decware seems like an amazing company: American made products, lifetime warranty, dedicated fan base—albeit one that doesn’t seem to leave the Decware forums—and beautiful looking gear.

Upon slightly closer inspection, people seem to buy into or have to buy into the Decware ecosystem. Amp doesn’t output enough? Buy our $600 booster. Or our gain stage, EQ stage, Bass restoration stage. Phono stage. How about a preamp? Spend, spend, Etc., etc. 

So are Decware amps in the 2W-6W range actually useable in the real world with speakers of, say, 94dB-96dB efficiency and above? Or do you have to buy all kinds of extra gear from them to actually get up and running and boost your input voltages high enough to get the amp to really sing?
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My 95db Omega's use less than .5 watt at spirited volumes in my room. I'm also very curious about Decware, I really like their low stated power draw of 65 watts max. 

I was actually going to start a thread to see if anyone knew if the SE84UFO25 was worth the upgrade over the standard model. Seems to me that the SE84UFO/02 are the sweet spot amps. 

The anniversary model looks awesome on paper but it's pricey and you could go dual mono's for the same dollars with the UFO/2 and 3's. 

Anyone heard this one yet? 
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