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Hi, 
I am returning to the experts to get an opinion. I sold my PS Audio M 700 mono blocks thinking I was ready to pull the trigger on the Wellsenton R800i. I know their are great similarities between some of the Line Magnetic amps. around the same price point of just under $3,000, almost identical except for tubes. So, their are options if I chose to go with another well known brand. Here are the issue/s..  I have a fairly small treated room and I keep hearing it will “heat the room up.” I don’t know if it will be problematic or an overstatement. Plus the issue of bass. It may not produce good base which is a problem since I loved the class D amps bass. Lastly, speaker sensitivity, most of my speakers have 87db and up except for the LS50’s. Thanks, don
mrdon
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twoleftears
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Get one of these for the summer months.
https://www.classdaudio.com/mini-gan-5-balanced-power-amplifier.html
Then you can (almost) have your cake and eat it.  Or have your kayak and heat it.
mrdon OP
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@sebrof, what would a recommendation be in Class D-A or A/B in around the $3,000 mark? I know where a Parasound HINT 6 is for 2,000 and i have had a Parasound 5250 v2 i sold a few months back and replaced it with a NAD M28. Sound was pretty damn good but that was only because i had it connected to my NAD M17 in the home entertainment system. This would be for my desktop. Any ideas would be helpful.. 

tablejockey
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Looks like a lot of amp for the money. Good luck. After sales support would be my concern with the China stuff. Everyone's room/heat tolerance is different, so the only way to find out if try it.

I would buy what you want ,get it hooked up, THEN address actual issues as they are heard.
Your speakers may be  a little low on efficiency rating for hearing the amps potential.

Don't allow forum induced neurosis ruin your plans. Report back after hearing your setup.
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russ69
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I view the class A amps using 300Bs and 845s as an advanced audiophile type of equipment. If this is your first tube amp, you might want start with an ultra linear EL-34 type amp. They have good power, don't get too hot, and are much simpler. Perhaps an American made Quicksilver Audio? 
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very few tube amps, even very expensive ones (much less budget models) will produce bass in a way that approaches what solid state, esp. class d amps will typically do

of course good tube amps will give you lovely, dimensional mids, smooth, natural highs and glorious, expansive imaging (if the speakers are not too hard for the amp to drive) ... so in effect, that is pretty much the trade we all make when we move from a to b... sometimes the trade is helped by using ss-powered subwoofers to augment tube amp driven main speakers

for a newbie to tube amps, i agree with the advice given that a push pull amp using el34’s or kt88/6550’s would be a good stepping stone into this world... a direct move to single ended amps might be a bit jarring and lead to dissatisfaction, especially if the user still wants superior bass response 
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