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Need help understanding tube wpc

My equipment has always been solid state so bear with me (i'm sure this has been asked before but having trouble finding the threads) . I don't follow the wpc differences between SS and tubes and how to match tube power with speaker efficiency to ensure that they'd be driven okay.

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czbbcl
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I have heard the same thing that Tobias states from a reputable manufacturer of both types of power amps. There is a difference between tube and ss wattage as I have experienced it first hand; same manufacturer of ss and tube amp.
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czbbcl
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Here is an article from Stereophile that delves a bit deeper into the subject and suggests that tube wattage and ss wattage are not the same; but we already knew that.

http://www.stereophile.com/reference/357/index.html
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gregm

Yes you are correct the equation for how you calculate power is the same. How that power reacts to real world loads is another story. In the end all that matters is how it sounds to the individual and not how some set of equations says it should sound.
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