I need help describing the sound of a SET to a friend in English.

@jasonbourne52 Hi Jason, how do you like the Golden Tube SE40? I have one too... although it needs a complete rebuild - it's essentially transformers and chassis only.

So far I have heard one account of this interesting SE amplifier: someone brought one to an Audio note dealership, thinking about exchanging it to an AN 300B amp. They plugged it into the full-AN system and it just floored the AN SET! Worked out the other way than expected, even the dealer was speechless.... it made me curious because of the power tube choice  - the 6L6, my favorite family of tubes. Vastly underrated, especially as a choice for single ended.

Cheers, Janos

SET aficionados tend to look down on SETs that (1) use many output tubes in parallel and/or (2) use triode connected pentodes or tetrodes. The Golden Tube amp is guilty on both counts.

@lewm well said… about the qualities for a SET