Most powerful and popular EL34 tube amp?

What woulg be your pick?
I am looking for a stereo tube amp based on EL-34 which should have enough power to drive 4ohm 89dB speakers.

ihcho03-14-2010 7:17pm

clio09 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,978 posts 03-14-2010 at 11:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If still available these could be an option. Slightly over your budget though. http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1271128369&/Cary/AES-Six-Pacs-black---redu
viridian Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,184 posts 03-15-2010 at 02:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Music Reference RM-9.
rleff Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,065 posts 03-15-2010 at 04:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Take a look at Audiovalve Challanger 180 monoblocks;you can run EL34,6550c and kt88's as they autobias.
elevick Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,439 posts 03-15-2010 at 07:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete How many EL34's do you have? You are going to need 8 (or more) for some of these amps.
ihcho OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 329 posts 03-15-2010 at 08:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have 4 almost new Siemens EL34 tubes and a few more (4~6 Russian/Chinese) variants. If I go for monoblocks, sure I need to use 8 or more tubes, but I'd rather stick to a single steroe amp. It might not save me whole a lot by sticking to EL34 tubes, so I would rather look for some other options too. Thanks for all your responses.