High Efficiency Options?


I’m thinking about assembly a pretty modest second system based on tubes. I think for a basic el34 amp most speakers 85db or higher would satisfy but I’d like to play with low powered tube amps. System will be in a small bedroom and I won’t use it to listen loud often, so I’m thinking anything in high 80db range will work. To give you an idea of my taste I use Harbeth c7s with Primaluna seperates fed from my Audio Mirror Tubadour and Auralic Aries. I don’t have a large budget for speakers, probably 1,000-1,500, and I’ll buy used. I have decent grasp of what’s available for the most part, but not really when it comes to high efficiency speakers. I know of Zu and Tekton but don’t find what I’ve read about them too appealing. Outside of those two I’m not really sure what’s out there in my price range. Any ideas or recommendations would be much appreciated. 

brylandgoodman

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The room is truly small, I believe 9x11 with 8 foot ceilings. Also I don’t think Klipsch would be a good choice for me with my tastes. I really prefer I nice full midrange and I’m willing to sacrifice elsewhere to achieve it.

@brylandgoodman 

I'm normally a proponent of higher efficiency speakers. But in a bedroom system you usually are not playing all that loud and in a smaller room like this the efficiency isn't going to matter much.

Take a look at http://www.fritzspeakers.com

Fritz does excellent work and his speakers are very reasonably priced. They are in the high 80s for sensitivity. I have his smallest set in my bedroom system and my amp makes 5 Watts per channel. My room is larger and I don't come anywhere near pushing the amp hard. A powered subwoofer is nice, but Fritz is very good about getting low frequency bandwidth.