I owned a Peachtree Nova, I think it was @ 80wpc. Very solid amp punching well outside its weight. It’s been a few years but I recall it was slightly “rough around the edges” to my ears. My main amp was a Primaluna tube integrated though.
Recently purchased a pair pair of Harbeth C7ES3 which I would not classify as terribly efficient and drank the Harbeth kool-aid of higher power, higher power and sold my tubes and went with the Rogue Sphinx. It was a really good decision, in my case. The tube amp was running out of gas at higher listening levels.
I immediately replaced the JJ 12AU7’s with a Gold Lions which I loved in my tube integrated. If you can listen to both you’ll be miles ahead in your decision making process.
Hope this helped.
Recently purchased a pair pair of Harbeth C7ES3 which I would not classify as terribly efficient and drank the Harbeth kool-aid of higher power, higher power and sold my tubes and went with the Rogue Sphinx. It was a really good decision, in my case. The tube amp was running out of gas at higher listening levels.
I immediately replaced the JJ 12AU7’s with a Gold Lions which I loved in my tube integrated. If you can listen to both you’ll be miles ahead in your decision making process.
Hope this helped.