barone.
ive tried ss vs tube & measured both wattages & spl in both type amps,the theory of a tube watt being more powerfull than a solid state watt is nothing more than a myth, a watt is a watt.
the main differences are as bigtee pointed out that most tube amps will continue to produce power through a clip where a solid state amp will not, the other difference ive found is a weaker bass response from tube amps that i attribute to their extremely low damping factors.
bigtee.
the difference between 20 watts & 200 watts is actually pretty large, every time you double wattage you gain about 3db in spl, 10 times the wattage is approx twice the volume.
ive tried ss vs tube & measured both wattages & spl in both type amps,the theory of a tube watt being more powerfull than a solid state watt is nothing more than a myth, a watt is a watt.
the main differences are as bigtee pointed out that most tube amps will continue to produce power through a clip where a solid state amp will not, the other difference ive found is a weaker bass response from tube amps that i attribute to their extremely low damping factors.
bigtee.
the difference between 20 watts & 200 watts is actually pretty large, every time you double wattage you gain about 3db in spl, 10 times the wattage is approx twice the volume.