wow, this is too much coincidence, same speakers, same size room, same dilemma. I tried running the 22L's with an Onix SP3 integrated tubeamp and it was a horribly failed experiment. The SP3 gave me super detailed high frequency extension but it was way too bright and fatigueing.
Now if you read the reviews on this unit this generally isn't a quality attributed to this amp. I think that the power provided by tubes is simply insufficient to drive these speakers. They're 89db 6ohm rating is misleading. Look at the recoemended power rating from Quad on this speaker, it's 30 to 300watts : O .
Now I'm not claiming to be an expert on the subject but it seems to me that a tube amp is a poor choice for the 22L's. The dual 6" Kevlar woofers in these speakers are power hogs, and if you really want to energize them fully to reproduce Led Zeppelin Bass then stay away from tubes.
Just to calrify, I'm not knocking tubes, I run a CRT projector in my theatre and feel there is a certain majic to tube based equipment. It just seems that in the last few years they've become so popular that it becomes easy to forget tubes don't fit every application. I would hate to see you go through the same problems I'm having and lose money on an amplifier that doesn't work for yuo.
I don't have enough experience with different kinds of amps to make a recomendation. However I can tell you the direction I'm looking to go is at least 150 watts per channel, dual mono class A/B. Something like a Mcormack DN-A1?
Now if you read the reviews on this unit this generally isn't a quality attributed to this amp. I think that the power provided by tubes is simply insufficient to drive these speakers. They're 89db 6ohm rating is misleading. Look at the recoemended power rating from Quad on this speaker, it's 30 to 300watts : O .
Now I'm not claiming to be an expert on the subject but it seems to me that a tube amp is a poor choice for the 22L's. The dual 6" Kevlar woofers in these speakers are power hogs, and if you really want to energize them fully to reproduce Led Zeppelin Bass then stay away from tubes.
Just to calrify, I'm not knocking tubes, I run a CRT projector in my theatre and feel there is a certain majic to tube based equipment. It just seems that in the last few years they've become so popular that it becomes easy to forget tubes don't fit every application. I would hate to see you go through the same problems I'm having and lose money on an amplifier that doesn't work for yuo.
I don't have enough experience with different kinds of amps to make a recomendation. However I can tell you the direction I'm looking to go is at least 150 watts per channel, dual mono class A/B. Something like a Mcormack DN-A1?