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Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp

I think this is talked about more on the amplifier side...tubes to solid state or vice versa. But as we all know, going with a  tube amp requires some effort in choosing the proper speaker. I have Harbeth C7's, which are a very nice speaker....but I'm not willing to spend the money on a high quality 100 watt tube amp. For those that have been in this scenario, please share some additional steps from your journey. Example 1: You had speaker A, but surprisingly found it worked fine with tubes...Example 2: You had speaker A, but it did not sing with tubes, so you found speaker B, and paired it with Tube amp C..... Cheers -Don

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While I am impressed with the Klipsch Heritage line of speakers driven by tube amps... I'm equally impressed by the Harbeth line of speakers driven by the type of amps their designer (Alan Shaw) suggests drive them best - high powered SS amps, which best control their drivers (Hegel in particular)!  

I drive my Harbeths with the Hegel H590, but the other Hegel amps drive them equally well (H390 in particular)... and... they seem to be driven very well by the McIntosh MA252 or MA352 (tube/ss hybrids)!

If... you... don't want to totally disrupt your system.

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