Powerful Push Pull Triode Amplifiers

Right, how could I have forgotten about VTL?!
For some reason I never clued in to the fact that you can switch between tetrode and triode on their amps.

I haven't heard of Shoreline. (TRL is very expensive).

I tried the 450 in tetrode mode and I much preferred the Manley 250. At the time, I didn't know that one could switch between triode and tetrode on the VTL.

Another question: at 250 watts, are the Manley 250 Neo-Classic monoblocks the most powerful amps using EL34s?

Okay; I'll bite:
How much are you asking for your 500 watt triode amp?
(I am seated and braced :-)

Thanks Brian. At that price I don't think I will ever hear them driving my MBLs :-)

I think I will try using an electronic crossover before my four monobocks rather than looking for more powerful amplifiers.
I'm open to suggestions on a brand of crossover (in current production or not).
Are the vacuum tube ones made by Marchand excellent?

Thanks to all.
If I won the lottery, the amps that I would buy first are the Atma-Sphere MA-3s. I think they would sound glorious with my speakers.
In lieu of a lottery win, I will stick with my Manley 250s and try and squeeze a bit more juice out of them by adding some big Elrod power cords. I am also going to try and lighten their workload by adding an electronic crossover. They will then only have to amplify frequencies over 75Hz (maybe even 105Hz; we'll see).

This is what I've discovered regarding authority and ease at high volume levels...

1. Adding a 20amp Elrod Statement power cord to my power conditioner made a huge difference. (It replaced an excellent Harmonix Studio Master 20amp cord).

2. Adding an electronic crossover didn't make any difference.

3. Using 450 wpc amps (VTL 450s) in place of my 125 wpc amps didn't make any difference.

This has me thinking that I may just be in need of -better- power, not -more- power.

It sure will and at the top of my list of "excellent possibilities" is your MA-2 mkIIIs.

One question...what difference would the:

"1/4 Farad of power storage capacity per channel" in the MA-3, make vs. the MA-2 mkIII's "1100 Joules/chassis".

Since I don't know how to do the Farad-to-Joules conversion, I'm not sure what these numbers are telling me.

For what it's worth, my amps are "3800uF x 2".

Thanks.

Thank you; I see how it works.