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 used Primaluna 36 watts to drive 88bd Salk Songtowers with great ease.Then traded up to 70watt Primaluna Evo 400 and found it didn't really make much difference in the ability to drive the Salks but sounded better.

Then I bought 93bd Tannoy Turnberry GR and that made a big difference in detail. All these subtleties came through.Will never again buy a speaker of even average efficiency.