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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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Harbeth while not efficient I believe have an easy impedance curve for tubes. I think you would be fine with 20 watts or so. 

I just picked up a Jolida 302crc with very upgraded preamp and power tubes and it sounds very powerful on my Focals. No lack of power whatsoever. I believe it's rated around 40 watts per channel. This is also my first EL34 tube amp and I was expecting weak bass. NOT the case at all. I would not call it tight exactly but big and not too flabby. On the other hand snare drums that used to be just a snare sound now have a certain tactile feel to them. It's been a while since I have had tubes and I'm diggin it. Long term tbd.   

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