300 Watt Tube Monoblocks


Looking for recommendations on 300 watt monos  Tube

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Please, unless you've just received an absolutely large inheritance that you feel obligated to spend, you don't need 300 watts of power. Now, of course, if you're trying to drive super inefficient speakers or load an extremely large listening area with sound it may be prudent.

If not, find a McIntosh MC-275 of a more recent vintage and thank your lucky stars for not only how great it will sound, but for the bread you will save. Figure between 4,000-7,000  grand between used or new for HI-FI nirvana!

@hiend2 

The ARC Ref 330m x2 is a great suggestion.  What speakers are you running?  Do you happen to have at least two, dedicated twenty amp services in your listening room?

Get a pair of Class A transistor amps. With the poor quality of modern power tubes, chasing failures in 16 or so tubes is a sure recipe for misery.

I am a fan of tube electronics, but, I don't like most high powered tube amps.  Most sound brittle and unpleasant as compared to lower powered tube amps AND as compared to good solid state amps.  If you must have that much power (I don't know of any speakers that truly need that kind of amps), look to solid state.  it will sound better at a MUCH lower price.  As yoyoyaya mentioned above, keeping a  whole lot of power tubes  running properly is an expensive proposition with a lot that can go wrong.