Ignore this advice at your own financial peril: Have Jim Nicholls from JWN amps build you a custom tube amp. You'll be absolutely amazed by what you'll hear. I recently listened to a set up which consisted of a $8000.00 pair of horns being driven by a 10,000.00 SET with a very pricey turntable and culdn't help but smile thinking my rig consisting of my JWN amp, and Shelby+Kroll Nano monitors gave up very little to that set up in terms of clarity, resolution,soundstaging etc...
SET sound without a lot of money
Any experience or opinions on the Almarros, Music Ref RM10 mkii, or the Joule Electra Stargate amplifires? Looking for a good SET experience without overly-colored sound or congestion, while pushing enough current to excercise existing 91db speakers at low to moderate volume. I would like to swap one of these occassionally into my system without having to rebuild (re-buy)a whole new system to accomodate a tradional low-watt 2A3, 45, or 300b amp.