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.