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First Watt J2 & speaker pairing ?

I'm trying to decide if the J2 is worth the effort ?  All reviews are favorable , some even glorify the sonic nature of this 25 watt amp.  I'd like to see what the deal is with a class A amp - it seems like it's all I could ask for in an amp * Except and this is a big exception -the need for highly efficient speakers to appreciate the amp.

  Don't mind shopping for another pair of speakers  but  realistic choices seem so limited.  Zu audio seems to be a big favorite pairing .

 I'm running a Rogue audio cronus mag lll with Dahlquist DQ 10 speakers ( older speakers ) also have  Spendor s5e's    Don't think either will ideal match with J2

 Really enjoy the open ,wide range of the DQ10's 

Any suggestions are most welcome 

thanks in advance 

 

 

mfm22

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snapsc
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I’ve heard many say that the First Watt amps are usually great second or third amps but usually not the heart of your only system. 
 

There are a lot of class a or high bias class a/b amps that will give you most of the sonics but a lot more flexibility.  Here is one of them the first 15 watts are class a… mostly second harmonics like the j2 but 150 watts at 8 ohms.  And since it is preowned… very little depreciation downside risk. 
 

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649971060-wells-audio-innamorata/

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