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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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Keep in mind that an 80 watt amp will only sound about twice as loud as an 8-10 watt amp (10 db increase to double perceived volume). A lot depends on the power supply driving the whole thing and what the dynamic headroom is.

The first time I heard this was from the shop that sold me the 6 x 9 Jensen triax speakers, with Pioneer AM/FM Cassette deck that I put into a z28 Camaro. 1979? ... I was around 17-18?
Nothing has changed re: needs to be 10 times the power to sound twice as loud. My taste in cars did change. American, to Japanese to German.
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 had a Nissan Z at the time (Datsun)  I loved that system. 

:^)   3 Datsun Z cars. incl '71 with 3 weber carbs last one was Nissan 300 zxTT. I had the first g35 coupe with the brembos. Damn ..I think I have had more cars than amplifiers....no that's not true.  
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