Speakers for triode tube amps


I have a Luxman CL 38u SE tube preamp and matching MQ 88 SE Triode tube amp rated at 25 wpc. I m using ProAc Anniversary Tablets at the moment and I’m wondering how I can upgrade to a speaker that can be driven with 25 Triode watts. Any recommendations on a high quality 8 ohm speaker that is easy to drive?  I know Wilson Tune Tots are out of the question (impedance/ sensitivity issues- they were my first choice.  Not interested in horn loaded speakers.  I Love the Harbeth P3 but I already own a pair of 40.1s in my main system. Any suggestions??
samuelg

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Some very useful comments and then the haters who have never heard a product and take joy in bashing it after visiting a website.  Don't these members care that their credibility is called into question when they behave like this.  Don't they care this forum is a much better place when you help someone out as opposed to posting useless and unsubstantiated opinions?

If you don't like how Tekton looks--great--don't buy it.  Tekton puts the money where it counts.  Add up the cost of the drivers vs. the final cost of the product.  NO major speaker manufacturer I know of offers this kind of value.  So if you are put off by that, than by all means, spend your audio money on furniture you can look at. 

@larryi   one of the good points made here.  While the Moab can be driven by low powered SE amps, the lower impedance makes it a crap shoot as far as tonal balance.  That is the nature of tube amps--especially with high output impedances.  Thanks for making a helpful post for the OP.

DavidLouis full range driver--do you really think this could begin to compete with the Moab on full range orchestral works and similar music??  Let me be clear--I love what a full range driver can do for some music.  Guitar and vocals, for example, can be just outstanding and have an immediacy that multi-way speakers can't quit capture.  But what about that rising high end response that so many of these drivers share.  Better choose your music carefully.  Tektons perform beautifully exactly where that driver will fall apart.  
As the above post demonstrates, the haters offer nothing constructive to the OP.  
@ three_easy_payments   Perhaps you ought to direct your comment to MC, not me.  As you stated, many good speakers exist that would match up well with the OP's need.  Never in this thread did I urge the OP to go with Tekton. To the contrary.  Read my post.  

It seems that there is this notion that all Tekton owners are zealots trying to convert the audio world. Hardly.  Please don't lump us all together.  While I am very happy with my choice and am willing to share my experience with them, I am hardly put off if the speaker does not suit someone else's needs. 

But I do have a problem when members, who see a certain brand they have never even auditioned, reflexly offer disparaging and unhelpful posts.
@missioncoonery   Don't call my integrity into question.  Do the math on the drivers, crossover, cabinet.  Then get back to me in a private post so as to not derail yet another thread with unhelpful banter.