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'm driving my Forte IV with 40 watts of EL34 power in a smallish to medium room and its plenty of power .   It was plenty of power for my Revel M106 too as long as you didn't want to crank it too loud.  Not the best pairing but sounded great at normal to moderately loud levels 

I am having a 300b built and 8 watts should be plenty for my system and listening habits