What a way to wake up in the morning and check the pc before heading to work, but to find another of Bill's (Actually "Till-E" fits better on some of these posts. LOL

I know how you feel though as I feel the same way about speakers. It is all a compromise and if you let get you by the tail you will go in circles eventually.

Tube amps are like people, so many different flavors it can be difficult to decide which best fits ones needs. I get the impression this will be a "life-long" pursuit of yours, so we will all buckle up and enjoy your travels enroute to finding the holy-grail of tube amps.

While the Norh SE-9 is not the last word in tube amps, I find it coming out more often than anything else other than my Yamamoto 45 SET amp. When all my different setups annoy me the Norh is a breath of fresh air with its very basic and nuetral sound.

Just my 2 cents worth of course.

Ron