Last night turned into another one of those marathon five-hour listening sessions, the kind that starts with curiosity and ends with quiet awe.

It was a special night — the musical debut of the Alan Eaton Amplifiers 45 amp here at the Greek Audio Geek Studio.

Of course, I didn’t stop there. I rolled through other amps and tubes as the night went on — comparing, listening, letting each have its moment to speak. And by the end, I’d solidified something I’ve been feeling for a long time:

....After spending time with a truly great 45 or 2A3 amp, most 300B’s just sound… veiled. Distant. As if they’re trying to remember what music is supposed to feel like.

GASP!

The Alan Eaton 45, on the other hand, was alive. Supremely musical, effortless in the way it conveyed those subtle emotional nuances — the tiny dynamic shifts, the shadings, the textures — that make music more than just sound. It was open, airy, and deeply engaging in a way that makes even very good 300B amps seem polite and lifeless by comparison.

Limits? As is true with all low power tube amps you need to be able to live within it's output power rating.

The result? Musical bliss.

And perhaps more importantly — a reminder of why I fell in love with this hobby in the first place.

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