I'm curious Bigkidz, you have run a litany of threads requesting info on tube amps. Have you gotten a chance to listen to the Berning yet? At the price point of the amps on your list it should be on the list, its in the price range of several of those amps and quite a bit less than several.
I've heard several of the amps on your list and like Sean, a few I wouldn't even consider. The reason the Berning holds its value so well is limited availability and if there is a tube amp better at its price or up to double I haven't heard it. Bass control? Yeah, I think it could handle a 10" woofer depending on impedance characteristics of course but that is true for the others as well. The zh270 does it all, very true to the music, 3-d, warm, ultra transparent, natural timbres, frequency extension at both ends like ss, fast like ss. Not like tubes nor ss but the best of both and not euphonic which may preclude if from those that prefer that type of presentation.
I've heard several of the amps on your list and like Sean, a few I wouldn't even consider. The reason the Berning holds its value so well is limited availability and if there is a tube amp better at its price or up to double I haven't heard it. Bass control? Yeah, I think it could handle a 10" woofer depending on impedance characteristics of course but that is true for the others as well. The zh270 does it all, very true to the music, 3-d, warm, ultra transparent, natural timbres, frequency extension at both ends like ss, fast like ss. Not like tubes nor ss but the best of both and not euphonic which may preclude if from those that prefer that type of presentation.