What are best speakers for VTL 125 amps and 90dB ?

"If my amp is clipping, wouldn't the solution be a more powerful amp?"

The VTL 125 is rated at 130 watts in tetrode mode. To theoretically gain 6 dB more headroom, you'd need to go up to 780 watts. Your speakers couldn't handle that.

So let's take a look at possibly changing speakers. The Vandersteens are rated at 86 dB. In order to gain 6 dB more headroom, you'd need 92 dB efficient speakers, which are not hard to find. Going in that direction is a much more practical solution, imho.

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In theory one of the tradeoffs of the gentle first-order crossovers used by Vandersteen is reduced power handling.

If you've blown every speaker you've had once or twice, I suggest that you'll save money in the long run by going with speakers that use prosound components. This means stepping outside of mainstream home audio, but the combination of higher efficiency and higher power handling makes such speakers far more survivable in a challenging application. You might look at Klipsch Heritage series, PiSpeakers, GedLee, and Tyler Acoustics' Pro Dynamics line. The PiSpeakers 3Pi at $1700 a pair is a real good starting point.

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