Thank you all for some of the feed-back. Bnrlaw, I start from scratch. Zero, nada equipments. I have sold all my 2 channel SS and HT gear and go back to tube gear. I had the Rogue 99 magnum and a pair of M120 back in the 80s. If my memory serves me well, it seems to me with the Rogue, I have to have listen to a higher level, I mean louder on the contrary to the Cary. I am tossed between the Cary SLI80 which is 40w triode/80 ultra-linear and the Manley Snapper 100w ultra-linear. Most importantly, I love the sound of horn speakers with tubes.
Manley Snapper mono blocks-Your opinions please
Do not have a dealer in town for an audition, I always have an urge for the tube-mono blocks and intend to purchase a pair soon, if you have owned or currently own the Manley Snapper amps please give me some advices. Do they sound more like SS amps? From the reviews, I have the sense that the Manley Snapper's sound is forwarding .Most of the reviewers agreed that the Manley Snapper monos were very good for rock music, What's about small piece of Jazz?