mazikrav,
If all you have ever heard in tube land is a mushy old dynaco then you have no idea how good they can be,but I will say no more unless you ask and I will lead you to a F7 which I think would be a logical stepup in a slightly more open sound but still retaining plenty of that 3rd order sound you like and may also have a sweeter top end and slightly better control of the bass.
The 30.8 is very nice also but is big,heavy,and puts of more heat than a first watt and probably is a little overkill for you in Pwr.
The best SS that I have heard yet is my Diy Sit2 that uses a pair of Nos Sony Vfet's in a push pull topology making 40watts into 4ohms,
but these are rare amps and only a handful were built from a small collection of matched and genuine Sony transistors and they are pretty much unobtainable now.
Nelson does have a couple new amps in his FW lineup coming out probably next year and that would be the F8 and the Sit3.
Or you could really step out of the box and get yourself the all in one Lyngdorf Tdai-2170 that grannyring and others are really liking.
I personally haven't heard one but I will predict that in the next 5 to 10 yrs this kind of Class D technology will be further refined along with improvements to switch mode pwr supply's that will turn the Audio Industry upside down and probably only small percentages of Audiophiles will retain their Tubes and Class A SS gear.
I'm stocking up on tubes as I write this post because I will always have a least a couple of Tube amps for a different fun flavor forever.😃
Kenny.
If all you have ever heard in tube land is a mushy old dynaco then you have no idea how good they can be,but I will say no more unless you ask and I will lead you to a F7 which I think would be a logical stepup in a slightly more open sound but still retaining plenty of that 3rd order sound you like and may also have a sweeter top end and slightly better control of the bass.
The 30.8 is very nice also but is big,heavy,and puts of more heat than a first watt and probably is a little overkill for you in Pwr.
The best SS that I have heard yet is my Diy Sit2 that uses a pair of Nos Sony Vfet's in a push pull topology making 40watts into 4ohms,
but these are rare amps and only a handful were built from a small collection of matched and genuine Sony transistors and they are pretty much unobtainable now.
Nelson does have a couple new amps in his FW lineup coming out probably next year and that would be the F8 and the Sit3.
Or you could really step out of the box and get yourself the all in one Lyngdorf Tdai-2170 that grannyring and others are really liking.
I personally haven't heard one but I will predict that in the next 5 to 10 yrs this kind of Class D technology will be further refined along with improvements to switch mode pwr supply's that will turn the Audio Industry upside down and probably only small percentages of Audiophiles will retain their Tubes and Class A SS gear.
I'm stocking up on tubes as I write this post because I will always have a least a couple of Tube amps for a different fun flavor forever.😃
Kenny.