I think this discussion leaves out an a couple of important factors. The first is the size of the listening room and the second is the listening level preference. The impedance curve is important as well, but to me speaker efficiency is a much lower priority. For a few years now we have been showing our 300B SET at 10 watts with Fritzspeaker Carbon 7s at 6 ohms and 87 dB. Room size was 13 x 18 or so. No problems whatsoever. Couldn't even get the amp to clip. Room overload was the only issue because we could play it loud.
Which high power SET
I'm looking for a high power SET to drive harbeth shl5, using Shindo masseto pre amp.
Have short listed Verdier 845, Audion black shadow and Wavac MD805m. All three should drive harbeth sufficiently. Any opinions on the above 3 amps are most welcome, especially thoughts on matching with shindo pre amp.
Have short listed Verdier 845, Audion black shadow and Wavac MD805m. All three should drive harbeth sufficiently. Any opinions on the above 3 amps are most welcome, especially thoughts on matching with shindo pre amp.