Raul once again I hear you and respect the points you are making. Most amp designers cheat on their specs. If I mention a very well respected German SS amp,you will agree with me that it is a match for the speaker. Please do not ask me to mention that German SS amp. But 3 years ago at RMAF, there was a small demo between the SS amp and the Berning otl with a very difficult German speaker. Everybody at the demo were shocked how the otl easily handle the speaker better than the SS.
Today the one SS that I have respect for is the KARAN but unfortunately it is not very popular in this country. Forget the paper specs. on the Berning but go have a listen please and you will rethink. Understand that the Berning is not a true pure otl like the Atmasphere. It is otl on stereoids. Sometimes in audio,we have to look seriously at designers that think outside of the envelope. To me the Berning otl and I mean the 220 watts is like no otl today e.g it does not get crazily hot like others and the tubes will last five times if not more than other otl tubes.
We can argue all we want but please do yourself a favor and listen to the amp.
Just to let you know you are my mentor on the topic "Who Needs A MC When There Is MM". You are the reason why my knowledge of cartridges have improved to date.
Thanks for that.