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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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I had a 35 wpc Primaluna amp.  Got the low watt bug and bought a Decware Mini Torii 4wpc amp.  Kept my Ref 3A speakers ( rated at 92db eff.)

 

Other than not being able to bother the neighbors I got plenty of sound in a 12x20ft room open on the long sides.

Wouldn't mind a more efficient speaker but haven't seen one the trips my ticket.

 

Have a Grommes PHI-26 6 wpc speaker in a second system with 97db Klipsch Quartets  both sound great just different

 

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