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Is all the hype warranted

I've been seeing alot of glowing reviews of Decware amps over the last couple days. Particularly their Zen Torii and ZMA amps.  Andrew Robinson, Steve Gutenburg, Harley Longrove and Jay are all gushing about Decware.  For those tube guys out there, is Decware that good? Is the hype warranted?

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yoyoyaya
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@OP. There are other USA made affordable tube amps to consider such as Rogue audio. Despite your loudspeakers' relative efficiency, you might want more than forty watts per channel in your quite large room. SETs definitely need not apply unless all you want to listen to is harmonic distortion.

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@ghasley - my comment related to the OP's specific situation re the possibility of using an SET in a room that's over 400 ft sq. However, SET amplifiers in general exhibit relatively high levels of harmonic distortion once output rises above a handful of watts.

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