Tube amps generally have higher dynamic headroom, so they should produce more power on peaks without clipping than similarly rated solid state amps. Of course you'd have to look at the dynamic headroom spec on an amp by amp basis.
Tube Amp Watts and Quality Electrons. LOL
Have a serious Q. On occasion, I see a serious comment about matching amps and speakers. And the post makes a passing reference to "tube watts" or something to that effect, permitting an inference that a 100 wpc tube amp is somehow not the same as a 100 wpc SS amp. Can someone explain why this distinction is occassionally made. I assume it doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the electrons.
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