What is the most efficient speaker?


I have a cary sli signature amp. (Tube) I would like to get an efficient speaker to
match.
bigwaves

Showing 1 response by slartibartfast

Well... depends on what you are looking for. The Cary site says that your amp puts out 80 Watts (or 50 in Triode mode) which is probably going to be too much power for the "high" efficiency speakers listed here. If you throw a 107 dB efficient speaker on that, you will probably not be terribly satisfied with what you hear. High efficiency horns like the Avantegardes are best off mated to a SET amplifier... otherwise unless your electronics are incredibly clean, you will hear all sorts of muck in the line as you throw more power at them. Also, keep in mind that horn speakers have a very particular "love it or hate it sound" to them.

Now, what I don't understand about the people making posts here is that why would anyone be mating a $3K integrated amplifier with a $10-30K pair of speakers? It seems to me just a little out of balance to me.