[JCD]

I think for most applications today, solid state electronics are going to be just as good, and sometimes even better, than most tube based amps. Therefore, I'm not surprised that you ended up returning the tube amp. One guy I know that I respect a lot is an AVID tube (SET amps only btw, no push pulls) guy.. however, he has an extremely efficient horn loaded system that has an active crossover. He said that if he had a typical system (i.e., cone and soft domes with a passive crossover) he'd probably go with a solid state system since you can get so much more power than a tube system.

JCD