As much as I enjoy SET amps (and I do!), I must agree with Jrinkerptdnet - moving to a SET amp for the reason you stated seems a little extreme to me. It might be easier to deal with the gain issue. But maybe your amp is just not a good match for your Omens.
But assuming that you want to move to SET for whatever reason, you have a lot of choices as you can see from the responses above. As the old saying goes, opinons are like... belly buttons. Everybody has one. There have been discussions and arguments ad nauseum on this and every other audio forum about the merits of DHT vs. PP vs. OTL vs. triode-mode pentode etc. In the end you are going to have to decide for yourself, in your room, with your gear and with your ears.
Without making any strict recommendations, please allow me to add some as of yet unmentioned, reasonably priced options that you might also consider:
Power Amps:
- Almarro A205A - a SEP, not a SET.
- Conrad Johnson Premier 11XS - An 11A wired in triode mode.
- Decware - reportedly an outstanding line of products
- Golden Tube Audio - the SE40 is a much maligned parallel SET amp. I have two, and I have never had an issue with either one. Outstanding value, and can be rebuilt quite reasonably if wanted or needed.
- Quicksilver - an entire line of great, fairly priced products, including a SET model.
- Sophia Baby
Integrated Amps:
- Audio Note OTO SE - IMHO the best value in a fully integrated SET amp
- Conrad Johnson CAV50 - a PP amp, but it looks and sounds great
Good luck!
But assuming that you want to move to SET for whatever reason, you have a lot of choices as you can see from the responses above. As the old saying goes, opinons are like... belly buttons. Everybody has one. There have been discussions and arguments ad nauseum on this and every other audio forum about the merits of DHT vs. PP vs. OTL vs. triode-mode pentode etc. In the end you are going to have to decide for yourself, in your room, with your gear and with your ears.
Without making any strict recommendations, please allow me to add some as of yet unmentioned, reasonably priced options that you might also consider:
Power Amps:
- Almarro A205A - a SEP, not a SET.
- Conrad Johnson Premier 11XS - An 11A wired in triode mode.
- Decware - reportedly an outstanding line of products
- Golden Tube Audio - the SE40 is a much maligned parallel SET amp. I have two, and I have never had an issue with either one. Outstanding value, and can be rebuilt quite reasonably if wanted or needed.
- Quicksilver - an entire line of great, fairly priced products, including a SET model.
- Sophia Baby
Integrated Amps:
- Audio Note OTO SE - IMHO the best value in a fully integrated SET amp
- Conrad Johnson CAV50 - a PP amp, but it looks and sounds great
Good luck!