Are class A tube amps similar to class A solid state ...


in that small watts can drive electrostatic speakers ? 25 watt Mark Levinsons are famous for driving difficult loads . Have experienced it myself with a 60 watt class A Musical fidelity integrated driving my electrostats. Looking to try some tube amps for King Sound King v1 speakers . King Sound makes a 80 watt amp that is intended to be used with the most recent version of my speaker. It can be seen on their website . Some specs are shown . Leads me to believe there is a good match tube amp out there somewhere to drive them . Budget is around $2500 used . Thanks
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The issue has to do with the efficiency of the speaker and its impedance.

As for the latter there is a simple solution, a device called the ZERO that will allow tube amps to drive the low impedances at high frequencies that are often seen in ESLs.

The efficiency issue will then have more to do with the specific model of ESL, the room and your listening preferences.