high power tube amps vs ss

Onhwy61,
That amplifier can be tweaked very easily, most don't know.
Removal of the top allows access to (I'm going by memory) five white nylon setting screws. Two of which, will adjust the Gain amount.
CAUTION: Turning up the wrong ones can result in possibly frying the board or such. I
would imagine the information is easily found online.I had adjusted mine at least a few times. Great Crunch!!

Now you did it!! I want another one :)

It was an experiment. Thankfully(I guess). I love consensus though. I also love being a pain in the ass. I have nothing else:) Tubes or ss, it's all the same to me. It only has to sound good. Less maintenance with ss.

I'd first get your speaker selection worked out, then worry about amplification. Speaker-amp matching is so key. And speakers are the most important component in the chain. Settle on them, then start figuring out a good amp to match them.

HEY. you 6550 guys, you need SYLVANIA 6550's not those shrill GE's.
I use Winged C's myself as the last quad I saw of unused Sylvania's was going for $600 and that was a few years back.