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I have heard similiar that some folks double the power of a tube amp, in comparison to a solid state. I don't get it??? But I have noticed little if any "power" problems and I recently went from a solid state 200watt/channel amp to a 60watt/channel tube amp, and it sounds great, plenty of volume. Nothing was lost and only things improved... dramatically I might add. But this is just my experience, though I have heard the same from others in the past, there may be a few different ideas shared here it should be interesting to read some other responses. Tim

It is because solid state amps like low impedance speakers. A 16 ohm speaker could suck the marrow out of a high wattage SS amp. While a lower wattage tube amp might drive it extremely well. Many tubes amps deliver higher current which quite a few speakers need more than wattage.

There is an archive article in sterophile mag, that explains the details if your interested