Quote Originally Posted by Ali Tait View Post
If your speakers are 102db, IMHO you need to be looking at low power SET amps, say a 45, 2a3 or 801a. Push Pull amps will have way too much power for speakers of that sensitivity, you will get very little useable volume range.
Oh I think you have a point... I am currently using Class D Amps with low output (max. 15W) and can only use the volume poti from 7 o'clock to 10 o'clock, at very low levels left and right channels are not equally loud (I guess the poti is too unprecise)

So what I should be looking for are amps that are "single ended", and those mostly use tubes likes a '45', 801, 2A3, and I also saw low output amps that use:


300B
http://www.triode.co.jp/english/02.html
6BM8
http://eeaudio.com/eeaudio_008c.htm

I see a lot of DIY and semi-commercial products on the market. How do they differentiate from the 'commercial' products regarding sound quality and durability?