Happy listening in SoCal

(and with my simpleton brain, I would think; if one can afford all tube mega mono blocks , how would he notice a slight increase in the electric bill?)

Reality, yes. If you've got the setup, you don't care about the bill. A Bugatti owner isn't driving around for the best pump price!

I'm guessing those with the hi power SS Class A boxes are drawing a good amount of juice also.

   I’m in PG&E territory, if I’m not mistaken we have the second highest rates in the nation behind the San Diego area. My daughter lives in Pensacola and her power is 1/4 the rate of mine ( 12 cents per kwt Vs 49/59 ) . That said, the  $40K I spent on Solar with an extra $10K of fresh roof under the two arrays allows me to use my plasma TV, my tube stereo and run my pair of 3 ton units all I want. All I do is generate 15 megawatts per year. PG&E spent the last 40 plus years paying high dividends to shareholders instead of reinvesting in sound infrastructure. They killed people in San Ramone and Paradise. So now the customers are paying for that and the fluffy new woke advertising campaign they have telling us how they are investing in hardening the grid. I spent a lifetime watching the employees enjoy their cabins at Bass Lake. My employer never let me lease mountain property. I guess I’m just butt hurt because I can’t spend that much  on a stereo system. Life is full of choices , Mike 😎

@buellrider97 I got one too: in San Diego, city workers retire with a 100% of their salaries - if they stick it out. Those pensions are paid from taxes being collected in the present and the future (not Calpers). And because San Diego is so expense, they tend to move to AZ and NV. So we are paying to boost economies 300 miles east.

Meanwhile the city services are non-existent. Eastern Europe has better maintained village roads than major arteries in San Diego.