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I need a SET amp to match my Dude Pre.
You may want to look into Sophia Electric's older models of 845 amplifiers that still have first class sound and 3x more power than a typical 300B single ended amplifier. 25-28W per channel x 2 should drive your speakers. 
Newbie building modest system ...what amp?
For the budget of $600, Baby Amplifier from Sophia Electric could be the best choice for sonic performance and resale value. Noted the increasing resale value due to rising cost of making them in the first place. 
Upgrading Sophia Electric 91-01 amps
You may consider upgrade to level 05 output transformersor buy high level Sophia Electric 91-03 9105 amplifiers. 
Upgrading Sophia Electric 91-01 amps
Best way is to either upgrade to Level 05 output transformersor just buy 91-01 amplifiers if money allows. 
tubes for Sophia Baby amp
Sophia Electric did have supplied the best vintage NOS driver tubes for Baby Amplifier. So save your money for a pair of good speakers or a good cd player/DAC. Yes, there is WE 396A available at $100+ a pair, but the amplifier was design and voice... 
Sophia KT88 vs. Psvane KT88
quote: "Sophia Electric tubes are being made and tested by US audiophile quality standard. Sophia Electric engineers are monitoring each every pairs of tubes being sold with a complete quality control system and book keeping. Sophia Electric desig... 
what is an ideal tube amp
Try a Sophia Electric Baby Amplifier which is of first class sound and is very affordable (and liquid in the used market )in your system first. So you know what you would expect for a good tube amplifier. Then you know if you should spend money fo... 
Efficient Match for Shanling Mono TUBES ?
If you like Sophia Electric sound, you should look into Sophia Electric made SET Princess Model one or Model Two speakers designed for tube amplifiers. 
Von Schweikert DB99
Sophia Electric 845 amplifiers should have no problem to drive this new speaker model. 
NOS 2A3 or Sophia 300b 2.5v in Consonance Cyber30?
As you have a 2A3 amp for headphones, you should first consider 2A3, Sophia Electric has good sounding2A3 tubes available.People buy Sophia Electric Princess 300B 2.5V for more power, dynamics when using 2A3 to drive speakers and for 300B sound fr... 
Can I "double-wire" speakers?
I assumed that "Sophia Electric" amplifier is the 10W x 2 Baby "Sophia" Amplifier that has a volume control. 1. You can use Baby "Sophia" Amplifier to drive full bandwidth with great sound. 2. If you desire for bi-wiring, then two Baby Amplifiers ... 
Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ?
One's taste may change with life experiences, so there is no one answer for all. However, if you pursue for absolute sonic beauty, you should look into direct heated triode tubes, namely 300B/845/45/2A3 etc.Those direct heated triode tubes, with e... 
Best Integrated, period.
If you do not limit yourself to solid state only, I would recommend you to look into:1. Sophia Electric 126S tube integrated amplifier, plenty of power to drive speakers above 86dB, and with very magical tube flavor and lush tube sound. The Price ... 
SET sound without a lot of money
If you are looking for Great sound without spending over a lot of money($10K), then you should look into Sophia Electric 91-01 mono-block 300b single ended amplifiers. There is a Positive Feedback review detailed on 91-01. WA 
Best 300B tube for Cayin 300B amp?
For Cayin and other Chinese 300B amplifiers designed under 220V AC 50Hz, I would recommend Sophia Electric Carbon Plate Princess 300B tubes for the following reasons:1. Sophia Electric Carbon Plate Princess 300B was the top of line model from 2006...