Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic.

One observation...if you keep the speakers out of it, both SS and tubed amps begin to sound remarkably....alike :?)

Seriously, you just gotta listen to a lot of gear then buy what you like. Both tubed amps and SS amps can sound good but they tend to have somewhat different strengths. Don't forget about hybrids - check out Lamm, Moscode and others. Make sure you have enough power for your sp...kers and room size. And, don't worry, once you settle in on something you like, something else will come along that you think you like better.

It's threads like this that put the, "FUN" back in dysfunctional. =8^)

Hack, it's amazing that you should mention the BAT VK 500. That's the amp I want to audition and compare to a tube amp.

Don't connect the BAT up to your speakers though. Leave the speakers
out of your evaluation to remain true to the spirit of the thread ;)

It's nice to be among geniouses (is that the proper plural for more than one genious). I know that P = E x I, and several other formulas for "watts". But what I don't know is how to substitute "tube watts" for "SS watts"; and I would appreciate it if no one told me "Watts is watts".