Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State?

I have a Cayin 35 watts tube amp. What is its equivalent to a solid state amp?

50jess03-15-2014 8:22am

geoffkait Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 14,147 posts 03-16-2014 at 03:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tube amps if my memory hasn't gone on the blink have a higher dynamic headroom, generally speaking, than solid state amps, giving the impression of more power than is really there. IIRC many tube amps have a dynamic headroom of around 3 dB so that's what, double the power?
russe41 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 92 posts 03-16-2014 at 08:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Just don't spend $1k to ground your system,save for really good fuses.
dopogue Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,767 posts 03-16-2014 at 10:57pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Apologies. As Almarg pointed out, I was comparing one tube amp to another tube amp rather than tube to SS. Duh. Only point, I guess, is that SET amp watts are more potent than push-pull amp watts, and nobody asked about that. Sorry. To clarify something else, the speakers I've been driving with my 12-watters include ProAc Response 3 and a variety of Gallos, all in the 86-88 dB range.
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