There's plenty of people who go on and on about their SET amplifiers and who am I to criticize them? People seem to love them, and with bigger triodes you can make power. I heard one once at burninv amp using 211s that had both negative and positive feedback applied to it, and it delivered plenty of power and sounded darn good. The builder is a Mad Genius type.
It cost as much as a good car, you'll have 1kv+ power supply in your living room(kill you dead instantly level of dc voltage) you'll need a hand truck to move it, and good luck getting anyone besides the original builder to wrap their head around it (service it)
That's not what you have here.
What you have here is well under 10 watts, and given that nothing is known about the builder, they could be anything from brilliantly executed, rock solid designs, to a total nightmare of boutique capacitors, cold joints and ground loops.
From the outside they look carefully built, attractive and symmetrical.
Can't tell much else...
Can you enjoy Reggae through them?
I listen to all types of music and I love to crank it up loud and feel it in my chest, and for whatever it's worth, SET amplifiers in this power range simply aren't going to get the job done. For me personally, and I know I'm not alone, imagining the bass line doesn't cut it. So I give my perspective on the issue, others will give theirs. We can all have our opinions and preferences. If we all had the same opinions and preferences, it sure would get boring... If you want to read about people gushing over SE amplifiers, well there's enough of that online to keep you reading for years. My perspective, as someone who has built over a dozen tube amplifiers from scratch, differs...
