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Moving away from tubes. Is this a good idea?

I need a new amp for my Totem Sttafs and REALLY considered tubes. My final thought is that if you don't have a certain pile of money you are only kissing your sister. Have you ever seen my sister? Besides there is a Devel's Tower of a learning curve for me to climb around tubes and I'm really anxious to just sit down and listen without any anxiety (if you know what I mean).

I have an opportunity to pick up a JungSon JA 88-D class A integrated amp. Just one piece of electronics to move onto the rack (but what a BIG piece:-)

I have a relatively med/small room (16'x17'x8'). The speakers are rated 8hm, 88dB, and 100 W max. program.

The amp is rated at 80 wpc, class A, RMS 8ohms.

From what I read the JungSon is about as close to a tube sound via ss as I can get without breaking into the kids xmas fund. I just want a rich full room of acoustical/vocal/instrumental music.

Could you give me your opinion if you think the Sttafs will be underpowered or unmatched.

Thanks.
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vett93
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I second Bob's recommendation. If you like all kinds of music, a hybrid amp is the way to go, IMO. I still have a 300B SET amp, and it is for my home office. I also have a pair of KT88 monoblocks and they are for my bedroom.

For my main listening area, I have a hybrid power amp with SS driver and output stages but tube gain stage. I also have a tube preamp and a tube CD player.

I love the mids and highs of tube power amps. But the lows can be improved if you like tight bass. Besides, the even harmonics are cancelled out in Push-Pull output stage anyway. So you might as well putting SS there.
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