Porziob, the fact that there are OTLs that can handle four ohms is not a matter of debate. Some 20 years ago, your assertion was common knowledge, but the succeeding decades have produced amplifiers that fly in the face of that. Also, that tubes are more revealing is a demonstration issue, but one so apparent that it is easily settled in 5 seconds flat- its not subtle. If you've not been exposed to such technology yet, perhaps its time?
I should point out that if you are considering a tube amplifier, it really is a matter of the right tool for the job- you wouldn't use a hex wrench to tighten a pipe, you use a pipe wrench for that. In the case of tubes- *any* tube amp, the investment dollar in the amplifier will be best served by speakers that are at least 8 ohms rather than 4, all other things being equal, regardless of the technology of the tube amplifier.
IOW the point here is not the ability to arc-weld, as that has nothing to do with hearing- its all about delicacy and authority manifesting in the same system at the same time. This is the pervue of tubes, which is lost on 4 ohm speakers ( which really did not appear until transistors came in). 16 ohm speakers are starting to appear again, now that there are more tube equipment manufacturers in the US now than there was in 1956...
