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SET Distortion at higher volumes?

If my SET amp is running out of power with my 96db speakers, does it create distortion that sounds like a record mistracking? I'm trying to track down an issue I'm having at anything over medium levels. I'm getting a high end distortion. Happens at high frequency or energy vocal and horn and piano passages.

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We can tolerate lots of even order tube generated harmonic distortion before sound becomes obviously distorted. Lots of digital pop and rock recordings are mastered using tube compressors or other tube signal processors that generat harmonic distortion in to make them sound fatter and more "analogue".

 

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