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SET the best?

Is SET amplification where we should all end up? I keep reading posts where people tell of their journeys from plenty power to micro power, and how amazing SET amplification is 45 set 211 set 845 set otl, and usually, ....with the right speaker. I have yet to read of anyone who has gone the other direction from SET, to High watt beast class A amps or others.
If your speakers can be driven by minimal wattage, is this the most realistic, natural sound we can achieve? versus say, 86db sensitive speakers and a 1000w amp?
Is the end result solely based on speaker pairing? circuit? tubes?

I am in the process of changing my direction in my search for realistic sound, just because, and wondering if this really is the best direction to be going.
From what I have been reading I think it may be.

What do we get with SET? What do we give up?

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hanaleimike

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Should probably mention we had a Bel Canto SET power amp here at Chuxpona.    
    
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9675   

It was being driven by I forget what preamp so hard to judge inner detail but what we heard was terrific and with 37 SET watts the thing was a beast! Really looking forward to getting it back in here for Chuctoberfest, hopefully with a much better preamp to be able to better judge just how good it really is. But I was excited to hear and my first SET experience was no let down, that is for sure.

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