What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W

Lancelock, why would you post amps that are so expensive?   I believe the majority of people that are reading here and in this discussion don’t have money like that. I looked up the David Berning 211 amps and saw they retail for $75,000. I didn’t bother looking up the 845 OTLs.  Of course there are a lot of super expensive components out there that are only for those that are wealthy. If you are fortunate to have money like that, then you’re lucky but for most people $5,000 to $10,000 is a whole lot of money to spend on an amplifier.  I think I could have easily pick a number of amplifiers that are over $50,000 and posted how good it is. Just trying to find your reasoning.

Just another thing to think about when we compare new technology to older designs.  The best things that were ever created to make music sound its best were invented very long ago,  Vacuum tubes, LPs and Reel to Reels. 

I read that biasing VT100 tubes is a big headache. Why is it such a headache?

I read that biasing VT100 tubes is a big headache. Why is it such a headache?

I’ve heard the VT100 a few times but never biased it so I do not know the process. But one of the tube amps I have is a Canary 301 mk 2. To bias the Canary, I need to flip the amp and remove the bottom cover. Then with a volt meter, put the probes on specific locations in order to bias each power tube. The first few times I did this convinced me to sell the amp. But I missed the Canary so  I purchased one again. Now that I’m more familiar with biasing the amp, its not an issue for me. I set the bias only once per year and that’s good enough. Canary has since made biasing procedures easier on all their amps.  I like easy biasing but sometimes you can’t have everything. Also, most of my amps are very easy to bias so if I have 1 or 2 that involve a little skill, I can live with that and it makes this hobby even more interesting.