the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ?

*actually i have a difficulty to match speaker systems with*

Well, what ARE your speakers? That'd help a great deal to make a recommendation. But in general, for "lush" sounding tube amps, I'd say start with Cary, &/or VTL....."vintage" means something too, sometimes older tube gear sounds more "tubey"......

thanks for many tips and knowings, everybody.

my speaker system is 'dali hellicon 800' - 4ohm needed 400watt amp power.
power amp is 'mcintosh 275'
preamp is 'jeff rowland synergy'
source is 'dynaco pro'

some said 300b amp will be the best for 'warmth'
but i'm afraid that it won't be enough to drive power hungry speakers like dali800 or b$w 802.

anybody objection to use chinese shuguang kt88 tubes for better warm sound?

thanks again

Your speakers aren't a good match for a 300B SET amp.

You need to check this thread out as it discusses about pairing with different amps and comments from users.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1204173742&openfrom&1&4#1

Sorry if you already had seen it in which please disregard the post.

I dislike using these threads for what should be a personal email so I apologize if this offends: Zabiaud, I have a conrad johnson Premier V that might meet your needs - if your near Chicago.