Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps


Right now running bottlehead moreplay into pass x350.8. Speakers are ns5000. The sound is great but my buddy let me borrow cj lp140ms and the mid range magic these amps brought was amazing. The pass had better bass and maybe detail. 

I wanted to see if I could get tube amps that had pass bass with romance of cj. I tried prima luna evo 300 but it was a step down from cj in terms soundstage and tone. 

 

I'm guessing I need more power.. maybe at least 100 wpc. Any recommendations looking to spend less than $7k.

smodtactical

@orthomead Thanks for the tube life at 6 years.  I listen a minimum of 2 hours nightly, more than 800 hours annually. 

I have 2 EAR 890 amps but they sound great with classical chamber/orchestral, vocal/opera/pop, jazz (traditional to post bop) and 50's to Led Zep rock-so every type.  They run rather warm (2=4 degrees room temp rise after an hour).  A pair of VAC 200IQ have more power.  I have not  compared the two sonically and have not read of a direct comparison either.  

@fleschler I'm not as fortunate as you in terms of listening time per week, probably on the lines of 6-8 hours weekly, so your tube life is likely to be less than mine in terms of time.  Like your system, my room does get a little toasty after a few hours. But that's when all the magic starts!

I spoke to Mike at quicksilver and he told me his amps are tonally neutral and that if I wanted a warm sound I should look elsewhere. 

I think i should be ok with at least 50 watts. I am trying the CJlp70S and R800i right now, both drive my speakers quite well. The CJ is warm and HUGE sounding. The r800i is smaller but more clear and resolving.

@smodtactical consider Manley either snapper 100w or mahi 40w both use EL34 that easy to find and have smooth sound in the mid range .