You will need a fairly robust amplifier that uses negative feedback. It can be tube or solid state. The speaker is not that hard to drive- 200 watts will do fine in most rooms. The use of feedback will cause the amplifier to be a little bright but you will need it, because the speaker is mostly 4 ohms except for a peak at 8 ohms in the upper midrange. If the amp does not cut its power back by 1/2 at that point it will sound harsh.
If I were you I would temper that by using a tube preamp with no feedback at all.
One nice combination I heard was using the MBL amplifiers with a balanced tube preamp. With a transistor preamp the same system was unlistenable.
If I were you I would temper that by using a tube preamp with no feedback at all.
One nice combination I heard was using the MBL amplifiers with a balanced tube preamp. With a transistor preamp the same system was unlistenable.