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Which speakers do you use with Tenor 75 watt amps

I am helping to build a system for my brother and he made it very clear to me that the only amps he will allow are the Tenor amps.
Since a good friend recommended a combination of Tenor and Piega P10 speakers, we went to audition these speakers, but when we arrived at the store, we found all the store carried, were the Piega 8 ltd. Very nice speakers, crystal clear top end, but for my brother's taste the bass was lacking a certain "authority". He does not want to have a boom-box, but he wants to have more "presence" in the room when a double bass is playing e.g. A little tingling sensation in the stomach so to say. The salesman said that the bass of the P10 would not really have more authority than the P 8 ltd. bass.
Anyway, we are just being curious what speakers Tenor amp owners use. I know that the Tenors like speakers between 4 Ohm and 8 Ohm with a pretty linear impedance curve. So please give us some recommendations.
tekunda

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arooj
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Tekunda, your brother should be asking which speakers would not be a good match for the Tenor amps; they are a lot more flexible than what most people think, especially for an output tranformerless design. I have heard of very good results with Wilson MAXX and Watt/puppy, the Kharma line, Talon Khorus, and at the upcoming Hilton show they will be paired with the (new) 7' Pipedreams. This will be the amp I will invest in once my upgrade from Raven to Khorus-X is accomplished.

To make a long story short, give Jonathan Tinn a call at (503) 221-0464 or (425) 454-2279 - he is a Tenor dealer in the Northwest and has a great deal of experience with them. You may also want to touch bases with Francois Lemay, one of the Tenor principals (info@tenor.com). Best of all, come to my hometown of NYC and meet both gentlemen!

Good luck. If you have plans to come, let me know.

Arooj
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