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Favorite Tube Speaker Match

Two arguements - paper is too dark for tubes, and actually metal cones give some life to the music that isn't there otherwise. Arguement two: the smooth rich sound of paper cones always is a cut above.

Has anyone ever heard ceramic cones with a tube amp? If so what were the components?

Anyone have a favorite combo they have heard? I heard an Airtight with Opera Piega which I thought could not be beat.
biomimetic
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jond
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Bbro and ChrisKeating,
Even Vu was taken aback at how good his system sounded when he fired it up that day. He was testing it out for last years RMAF show and he threw a Mel Torme disc in an Esoteric DV50 player and it was like he was standing right there in front of us. Truly amazing!
jsujo
348 posts
 
for a different spin, I find electrostats like my ESL-63's with a Berning EA-230 triode amp, a match made in heaven.
akaddict
51 posts
 
I'm loving Piega P-10 and all tube BAT VK-75se, D5se, and 5i.

I think the Piega's world class ribbons mate very well w/ the tubes.
maxxc
177 posts
 
I'm running a Yarland el-84 based tube amp with some paper cone Castle Trent speakers in my Kitchen system and find them to synergize very well. Using CDP as a source and it sounds very natural and alot like vinyl. To my ear dosen't sound dark at all and has plenty of life

BW Maxx
posbwp555
72 posts
 
CAT JL2, CAT Ultimate MK2 and Avalon Osiris. I tried a Levinson 436 monos but I will probably never venture solid state again. Avalons need tubes.

Bart
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