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What is a good sounding tube amp for the stage?
What will the amp be reproducing?What size room?How many people?What is the overall setup?What sort of speakers will the amp be driving? 
Moving from SS to tube system
System synergy is truly important. Jfrech is correct -suggest you pick speakers and match amp to them.My vote goes to low power SET and High efficiency speakers as being a _magical_ combination.RegardsKen L 
What makes a system compelling?
IMHO, much of the _magic_ in a _magical_ system is due to accurate retrieval and accurate reproduction of minute low-level details that are frequently obscured with lower resolution systems.This is frequently accomplished more cheaply ane easily t... 
BI AMPING - TUBE + SS -
A good active crossover will run anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000. You don't want to skimp on the crossover because _everything_ in your system will be going thru it. You will be adding another link to the chain on the signal path so you want to tak... 
B & W 801 model type and amplifiers
I had a pair of 801 series 3's for over a decade.These speakers require "high current" amplifiers in order to "come alive" - no SET will be a good match -Take note: not all high wattage amps are _high current_I tried the big hafler, a 200 watt or ...