Me too.
I went from HiCap/202/200 to an Almarro 318b 18 watt single-ended triode. A quarter the power and around half the price. And it was miles better. Night and day better. Bizarrely, it even sounded more powerful.
To be fair, I was using high efficiency horns, so Naim was probably a lousy match to begin with.
(And since then I have gone back to less efficient speakers and highish power transistors.)
Jim.
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Linn KDS, Linn KK, Bryston 4B SST2, JBL 4365.
