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. 

nightfall

Showing 1 response by jonwolfpell

I owned both PP & SET tube amps over the last almost 40 years w/ several different speakers in different rooms. There’s no hard & fast rules about any of them but the midrange detail & realism of a good SET amp is tough to beat at lower to maybe moderate volumes even w/ high sensitivity speakers. They do run out of gas quickly though when pushed at all & the distortion increases rapidly beyond their power rating or even sometimes that their rated power. They have no real “headroom “ . I have landed on PO amps for that reason as I enjoy loud volumes at times & have a big room.