Pure Class A SS vs Tube Amp


I have high efficiency 100dB speakers klipsch KLF 30 with mods  
im trying to decide pure class A or Tube amp 
Any Pure class A recommendations will be appropriated especially the one sound good at low volume under 6K MRSP .
lordrootman

Showing 1 response by nedhoey

Just keep in mind that a 100db speaker plays 100db volume with 1 single watt of input. With a speaker like that, 90+% of audio preamps and amps provide either more gain than makes sense for the system or more power than you could ever use and probably both.

A preamp that would make sense would provide about 6 db of gain and a tube amp would not need to be more than a few watts for most listening and certainly anything over 10 watts is simply overkill and a waste. You really just need enough headroom to stay within the amps ability to deliver what you need and not push it to where distortion increases. 

Classic triodes and triode wired pentodes would be where I would go.