does more power=better quality ?

Eldartford,

Very good - I agree with you 100%

All else being equal [ which is the key ], the more
powerful amp is more linear.

Some audio systems - some speakers - require the higher
power amps; like the ribbons of a Magneplanar.

Some speakers are very efficient and won't tax even a low
power amp - thus keeping it in the more linear regime.

I get really irked by people that say there is ONE WAY
[ usually their way ] to accomplish a given task.

If that were true, we'd all be driving the SAME car,
because there would be only one BEST car, watching the
SAME TV, because there would be only one BEST TV....

There are a whole host of different philosophies. Any
engineer will tell you that engineering is about making
compromises and trade-offs. You trade one set of advantages
for a set of disadvantages. What choices one makes is
determined by what they value.

As the old saying goes - "That's why they make chocolate
and vanilla!" Chocolate is NOT necessarily the one BEST
choice in ice cream.

Dr. Gregory Greenman
Physicist

Raquel,

Here's the web page of someone that has actually tested
the tubes they're dealing with:

http://jcverdiervalvevinyl.online.fr/Kinky300/300Binfo.html

The quality of the tubes varies - which is true of
every manufactured component. However, it is especially
true of hand-assembled devices like vacuum tubes.

However, one can see that even in the tubes labeled "perfect",
there is a degree of non-linearity. The plate characteristics
curves are not perfectly straight - and they are not
perfectly spaced.

The author is correct that they are "perfect" - but
perfection only goes so far with a hand-assembled
1935 designed electronic device.

The 300B is not bad for a tube designed in 1935.
In fact, it's a rather impressive tube for a
device that did not benefit from modern computer
modelling, and modern electronics manufacturing
techniques.

However, one can produce devices with better linearity.

Dr. Gregory Greenman
Physicist

How do you trim a transistor with a laser? Would a sharp razor blade work?

A little off the subject but seems somewhat relevanet. Given the argument that fewer devices, simpler design, gives a better quality sound, less to mess it up, would an OTL amplifier be a more reasonable solution, rather than looking at power alone, to question of sound quality?
Power and simplicity are favorites of mine. Any thoughts would be appreciated

What would you suggest? What can be the ultimate linear output device?