@ghdprentice are you paying the membership fee on AA now?
I was a long time member there, then specialized sub-forums came for vendors and then they started charging as a pay-site. Membership shrunk a lot, a small list of the same regulars started over-hyping their products there so I bailed out. So did a few of my tube amp friends over there. Are you still there now, has anything changed lately? [my question is where did they all go instead?]
A few friends and a few gents I know jumped over to https://hifihaven.org/index.php
Many there into low watt SET amps, tubes, higher efficiency speakers and all in the TUBE forum if you are into tubes, fwiw.