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Tubes/SS Power Amps?


I've only heard, auditioned, listened to top of the line tube amps; consequently, I don't know squat about top of the line SS power amps. My problem is "heat". If the SS gets hot, I might as well have tubes.

Reviews that I've read on top of the line SS amps, always mention the heat. Rather than have a SS furnace in my listening room, I'll go with tubes. By the way, I don't think there's much difference between tubes and SS amps when you have a tube pre; especially top of the line. I'm searching for an amp in the vicinity of 100 watts per channel with balanced inputs, preferably mono blocks. Cool running SS is what I'm looking for. Can you help?
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williewonka
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If you consider NAIM amps as good and if the rest of their gear is the same as my 5i - then they run very cool

My 5i is on 24/345 (vacations) an never gets warm
- Except in winter when my hands are cold :-)

A few gotchyas...
- naim recommends only their speaker cables (see website)
- they only have RCA and DIN inputs
- they work really well with NAIM power supplies - go figure
- sources should be grounded otherwise they may hum

Other than that they are detailed, articulate, dynamic and sound great

They are a lifestyle choice - that sound great :-)
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