Speakers for First Watt SIT-1 amp


My favorite sound seems to come from an SET amp and single-driver speakers but I want to leave the amp on all the time and I have kids in the house so I decided to exclude output tubes.  I went on a hunt for a solid state amp with an SET sound and landed on the First Watt SIT-1 monoblocks which I love.  I'm using them with Omega Super Alnico High Output monitors and it's a great combo but I wonder how much better speakers like this can get with this amp.  I have my eye on Voxativ, Teresonic, Audience, and maybe Audio Note or Daedalus.  Any suggestions?
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Voxativ and Charney (with Voxativ driver) are among the better full range systems I've heard.  The best full range driver I've heard is probably the old Jensen/ERPI M-10 field coil driver.  But, even with this driver, I prefer the sound with a tweeter on top (the M-10 run full range with a simple 6 db/octave high pass to a tweeter, preferably a 597 field coil tweeter).

I heard a friend's home made SIT amp that utilized the First Watt schematic.  I really like that amp.  I heard it on a custom-built horn system, so I don't know how it sounds in a system that is harder to drive.  I would wager that it would work well with Audio Note speakers which are somewhat efficient and are easy to drive.