thinkin' on a SET amp,need major help??

I believe what SET amps do is retain the inherent harmonics of the music better than any other topology of amplification. It's difficult for me to reduce to writing, but the 'noise' an SET makes sounds more like MUSIC than thru any other kind of amp.

If you Search for somehting like 'SET sound' on the SET Anylum, http://www.audioasylum.com/scripts/tv.pl?forum=set , probably you'll learn a lot.

If the VAC 30/30 is a 30WPC amp, you'll find many SETs with enough power including the great-sounding Antique Sound Lab AQ1006, an 845-based monoamp rated at c. 25 Watts in 40, 8, or 16 Ohms; http://www.divertech.com/asl1006845dt.html .

BTW, the common triodes used as output tubes in SETs and the typical power output is--#45, about 1 Watt; 2A3, about 3 Watts; 300B c. 8 Watts; 211 c. 15 Watts; 845 c. 25 Watts; and 805 about 50 Watts.
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thks guys.reading up on set amps it seems you give to get.not sure with the music i play,a set is the way to go.how does the Red Wine Sig 30 or soon 70 compare to a set amp???? seems the battery is making a splash.

i would say keep the vac if you want to get the most from all kinds of music. `

You might want to consider an amp that runs a triode tube in a push-pull configuration. Or, is that the VAC amp that you have now? I know VAC makes 'em.