I have been reading and trying to learn little about tubes and preamps so forgive me if I ask something stupid,..... I have seen SET amps with just few watts, are these few watts enough to run even efficient speakers at much volume?(I have KLF-20's) Also when I look at the specs on most vintage (McIntosh, etc)the S/N, or Noise&Hum ratio is 90db or better..isn't this kinda noisy to today's standards? I like to listen my music kinda loud, what size tube amplifier do I need? I am using a Carver TFM-25 (225watts) and Dean's modified crossovers just put in (which made everthing more clean and clear) Now I really noticed my Carver is harsh at louder levels so I am in search of an ampflier. One last note is I am using my Yamaha RX-V2500 as my preamp using the "pure direct" mode when playing music,... will the Yamaha preamp kill any good tube amp sound? Thanks
David