high performance but cheap amp

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I built a version of Slones 11.4 which is normally ~75-100W but with a power supply that limits it to 45-50W. No problems. You could probably scale it back to 30W but I think you might need to change a couple of resistor values -- probably at least the one that sets the tail current.

Scaled back to that power level you could probably use TIP3055 and TIP2955 for output devices with little penalty - on the plus side they have a smaller footprint, cost less and there would be little chance of getting counterfiets (not a trivial consideration, unfortunately).

On a completely different tack, 30W is well within the capabilities of several IC amplifiers. The TDA7294 comes to mind and is one of the few that (per the specsheet, at least) approaches the measured perfomance potential of good discrete amps.
 
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