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A good amp for Tannoy speakers

Hello

Looking for suggestions and advice on a good Tube OR SS amp for my recently acquired Tannoy Kensington speakers (10" dual concentric driver). I love the sound of tubes hence I would prefer tubes amps but I am also very interested in trying out a smooth and musical SS amp. My budget is <= $5K.
My present tube amp is the Audio Aero Capitol amp and it doesnt have the power and control for the Tannoys. I listen quite loud sometimes.

Thank You
nakolawala

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atmasphere
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The speaker is very tube-friendly but it is also critical of the amp driving it. In addition I found it sensitive to the speaker cables! - literally meaning that I got bass with some cables and not others.

Keep the cables under 5 feet in length and they will work better. Long cables = no bass, at least IME.

They don't need a lot of power- most of our Tannoy customers use our M-60 amplifiers.
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