Tube Amp settings: Triode vs UL; 8 ohm vs. 4 ohm ?


Hi. Advice please. EL-84 tubes. Cary Rocket 88 tube Amp. Klipsch Forte 8 ohm speakers. 
 

I can Triode Class A this amp, or A/B it on UL?

I also am blessed with switches for Ohm: 4 or 8?

 

Speakers efficiency is upper 90’s db

What is the decision process for settings? 
 

moose89

Showing 1 response by sandthemall

The only process is to 'try and see'.

I once had 6 ohm, 88db speaker with an impedance dip down to 3 ohms. Naturally I kept the amp on UL mode because that sounded better on most music and hooked the speakers up to the 4 ohm taps.

It sounded great! Listened to it for more than a year like this before trying the 8 ohm taps for kicks.

Well, the mid and upper band frequencies had more 'air'...and no discernable change in bass response.

Who would have thought. I wasted a year listening to the 4 ohm taps.