Moved to a new house last week and finally set up the stereo.
The primary listening / living room has carpet.
Last house had tile.
Speaker stands have Iso Acoustics 'de-coupling' feet with an soft rubbery compound that acted like a suction cup on tile floors and dampened vibration.
New house...
I have organically grown, native seaside vine and big leaf maple that is decades old.
I'd be willing to have things fabricated to sell to ASR members at a 30% discount to those prices.
;)
If operated within their optimal operating envelope, should one expect an audible difference between solid state class A and tube class A into real world, non-pathological speaker loads?