Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps


Right now running bottlehead moreplay into pass x350.8. Speakers are ns5000. The sound is great but my buddy let me borrow cj lp140ms and the mid range magic these amps brought was amazing. The pass had better bass and maybe detail. 

I wanted to see if I could get tube amps that had pass bass with romance of cj. I tried prima luna evo 300 but it was a step down from cj in terms soundstage and tone. 

 

I'm guessing I need more power.. maybe at least 100 wpc. Any recommendations looking to spend less than $7k.

smodtactical

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@ghdprentice ya I am already convinced by tube amps thats why I am pursuing this. I am skeptical about ARC as i had a ref 5se (as you might remember from my other thread) that got beaten in many respects by my bottlehead moreplay pre. The ref5se had a ss sorta sound where the moreplay brought the warmth, colour and fullness and holographic depth the ARC just did not have.

CJ monoblocks also did the same thing. So I am trying to move in that direction.

Are the quick silver amps more fast and neutral and linear? Or more romantic, bloomy and warm ?

@atmasphere  Id love something like that although im skeptical an SS amp can bring the tube magic the way real tubes can. The pass does have some tube character but when I heard the CJ monos I heard the true mid range magic.

But ya I am open to an SS if you think it can match tube sound.

I spoke to Mike at quicksilver and he told me his amps are tonally neutral and that if I wanted a warm sound I should look elsewhere. 

I think i should be ok with at least 50 watts. I am trying the CJlp70S and R800i right now, both drive my speakers quite well. The CJ is warm and HUGE sounding. The r800i is smaller but more clear and resolving.