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Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp?

Throwing this out there because I would appreciate the viewpoints of the many knowledgeable, and experienced audio people here. I'm really torn about a decision I am considering in this regard. And no, sorry, I cannot name the amps involved. I could lose one or both options if I publicized them here. And honestly, only the tiniest fraction of forum members would ever have listened to even one of these options. 

The speakers they would be used with can equally accommodate either of these choices per the designer/manufacturer, who I ran it by. 

Your thoughts would be appreciated. 

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elliottbnewcombjr
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I have two friends with smaller listening spaces, with low power SETs, both sound terrific, meanwhile we all love the sound of my 45 wpc P/P Cayin Tube Amp here (and the 30 wpc P/P Fisher 80AZ Mono Blocks before this). We all have tube preamps,

I've never heard a SET here, my 16 ohm horn speakers from 1958 are extremely efficient, my Cayin has the ability to play in Triode at 22 wc, I prefer the Ultralinear 45wpc option.

I occasionally hear a speck of hum in their systems at idle. Mine is always dead quiet. Both my friends have had problems and needed to ship their SETs out for repairs a few times.   

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