300 Watt Tube Monoblocks


Looking for recommendations on 300 watt monos  Tube

hiend2

Agree with others that the cost of maintaining this many power tubes would be nuts, especially if you listen a lot or have them biased hot. You're talking some real $. Plus the insane weight and possible repairs and shipping...just a bad idea.

I would avoid this path for the reasons mentioned.  After owning some high-powered tube monoblocks and dealing with tubes melting down, the cost of tube replacement, repairs, etc. I would go solid state for amps and have the tubes in your preamp and phono stage.

One conversation that sticks in my mind is one I had with a builder of some really great tube phono stages and preamps.  I asked him why he didn't also build tube amps and his reply was "I don't want to be in the repair business".

I remember a telephone conversation I once had a long time ago with Andy from Michigan (Vintage Tubes); he spoke in an almost orgasmic tone of voice about the sound of 200 watts of class A power . . . he was telling me about an amp he had just rebuilt,; I think it was a Jadis.  

I now have both, Krell mono blocs 350Mcx

Rogue Apollo monos

I hve owned Hurricanes, Big 450 watt Vtl's Other rogue mono blocks.

I hear a difference between the two worth dealing with the problems

I know how to solder when local; tech wouldn't work on the units Ive replace resistors and caps on Several units

Just looking for ideas. Have several amps in the 500-600 range on radar..