I have a 34 WPC PrimaLuna Prologue 5 power amp. I have found that because of the ability of tube amps to distort musically, 34 watts of tube bower sounds more like 75 watts of solid state power. The amp will distort at or above 34 watts as rated but unlike transistors that hit a brick wall at their power rating and sound terrible above it (and can destroy your speakers), tube amps distort 'gracefully' and don't clip (or at least don't clip as abruptly).
How many watts per channel are enough?
I am considering my first tube amp (Prima Luna Prologue 5 or Jolida 502 p). I lean toward the Prima Luna but it only has 34 watts per channel. Is that sufficient to drive my Jm Labs Daline 3.1 speakers (rated at 89db into 8 ohm)? My preamp is a Jolida 5 t. The room is 12 by 24 with high ceilings. I listen primarily to jazz and classical at low to moderate volume. Thank so much for any advice.