Amp for rock/metal with high efficient speakers

you asked,is a tube amp worth considering,NO they are not.

ive read your tastes in music but more important is your choice in speakers,im sitting here loking at your description & assuming that anybody who chooses speakers with 2 15 inch woofers plans to really get down & that you also like a good STRONG bass response,am i correct?

even though your speakers are 99db efficent your gonna need an amp with some serious balls to drive both them 15 inch woofers & a tube amp will get the life sucked right out of it,i have owned speakers that were 104 db efficent & tube amps did sound very good at lower listening levels but when i really wanted to mash on the volume the bass got very loose & squirley.

im sure there are guys who will dissagree but my belief is that tube amps are not well suited to heavy metal music at all,i listen to metal too & i have yet to find a tube amp that didnt turn to mush when i blast some tool or pantera,tube amps are not well suited at all to your music preferences & will sound very thin.

if you want to have the ability to really drive your speakers to their maximun potential then solid state high current high wattage amps are the way to go,everybody has their own idea of what loud is,my idea of loud music is when my neighbors windows rattle 3 houses down the street.

look into some of these amps.

krell, ksa 150 & ksa 250.

pass labs,x150 & x250 & x350

aragon, palladium monoblocks

mcintosh, mc2500 , mc2600 & mc500

parasound, halo monoblocks

bryston,way too many to list.

mike.

gotvai,somthing that ive found out is that there is no such thing as overkill or having to much power,the key is to chose amps that produce lots of CLEAN undistorted power,its far easier to overdrive a speaker with a weak amp being driven to the max than it is with a powerfull amp because the powerfull amp is always loafing,i know the speakers that you are refering to from discussions ive had with another member who is also buying them & from what ive seen of them they should be one hell of a speaker for you.

stevecham is correct that a mid that size will not give you a true midrange but i would think that the designer chose a mid that large to compensate for the horn tweet & to tame the normal horn sound that so many people find hard to listen to,i wouldnt sweat it too much as the types of music you listen to are not highly dependant on having world class mids,im pretty sure that your speaker will also have the option of having either the horn tweet or a ribbon tweet.

what ever you end up choosing for amplification your gonna end up having a lot of fun with your new speakers :)

mike.