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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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We had some monitors like that here, they were a similar 87dB and with my 20W Raven Blackhawk had no problem driving them satisfyingly loud in my 17x24x9 room. The guy who brought them had also brought his 100+ watt SS amp. We were all surprised how those inefficient power hogs came alive with the Blackhawk.

It is good you are figuring out something I have used as a speaker buying guide all my life- avoid low sensitivity speakers, they limit you on amps. But unless your room is huge or you rock out a lot (not likely, Harbeth after all) then you will be fine with any tube amp 20W or more.

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