New member, curious

[Grainger49]

I have to pitch in with Paul.  The indecision about 45 power comes from guys who don't have the right speakers.  You do!

I, most recently, have had 94dBW speakers which would rock the room with 45 output tubes.  Part of this was a self-powered sub.  But even without the sub the speakers could make my ears bleed.  My room is 23' by 13' by 8'.  It is not small but not really, really large.

I have posted often that as the power goes down the magic goes up.  Since everyone hears things differently, that might not be the situation for you.  But that is my experience. 

Some of the best amps I have heard in the last 40 years were 45 output tubes.

[thaddeussmith]

groovy, thanks guys. 

[2wo]

I have been using the 45 since the SR-45 came out, with 95db speakers, probably be getting tired of it any day now ...John

[thaddeussmith]

Seriously thinking of scrapping the top hat from my speaker cabinets and using them as a single woofer 2-way Cornscala. That'll bring the nominal resistance up to 6 ohms, simplify the wiring, and reduce the amount of surface area for the amp to push.

Using my 2009 Macbook Pro with Audirvana+ > Halide Design DAC HD > Steremour with Sophia 45 meshplates. Music is FLAC and stored on my unraid server.

I reckon you can't get a whole lot simpler than that. Two components on my table with the DAC/Interconnects combined into one. The tubes should give a nice quality to the digital music.

[2wo]

I think you may be on to something...John