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Solid State Low powered Amplifiers

My quest is to find a SS low powered amplifier to use in the Summer months, in place of Tube and Class A amplification … I have Klipsch Cornwall 4s and limited AC in my hot TN listening room for 4-5 months. I know it will be hard to match the sound I get from tube and Class A …on a solid-state amp and I am wondering if I’m looking in the right place for a “10 W per channel” solid-state amplifier which I don’t even know if they make. The Cornwall speakers are 102 DB sensitivity.

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@moose89 from your OP it’s unclear if you want a SS integrated, or just a power stage.

 

I used KT 66- and 88-based integrated’s for some years until I fatigued of the amount of waste heat and tube lifespan (+ listening windows) lost to warmup time.

 

I am still using the older SS integrated I picked up due to its similarity (to me) in sound to the tube amps, and with pretty high efficiency speakers (~99 dB if not calculated slightly lower for a minor discrepancy in frequencies > 6 kHz).

 

So, integrated, or power amp being what you prefer here?

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