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300B which way to go?

Hi,

I have never heard any amp with this tube before. But I have been doing plenty of reading on tubes. So I'm curious. Can anyone give me some pointers about 300B tube amps? How many watts do I need to run a pair of 89db speakers? I'm leaning heavily in the direction of Meadolark. I'll be running a Rouge 99, or a Cary SLP-88 pre to start, and upgrading when I get rich (**)

I see these amps for sale all the time at Audiogon, with the watts ranging from 8-40. I don't know much about single-end vs. push-pull. Also is " class A " push-pull a quality way to go with a 300B amp? I am also interested in a integrated 300B amp perhaps.

Can anyone give me some ideas? I was thinking of a starter amp, but I see people dumping these things for 30 cents on the dollar, so might as well jump right in! But it does cause me some concern about the performance.
theseeker

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Check out Coincident speakers,(Isrial Blume) , At 97db. the "Victory" and the "Total Victory" allows the use of any amp from flee power SET on up.
http://www.coincidentspeaker.com/speakers.htm.
These are well designed multi driver speakers with high impedance (good for tubes) that can reproduce large scale music or lite jazz with ease, and can do it with 8 watts.
No need for a seprate sub ether.
Here is a website review if your interested.
http://www.high-endaudio.com/RC-Speakers.html
Regards,
Tony
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