Amp or blocks for Total Eclipse


Have a pair of ex demo TE’s on trial – having trouble driving them.
Tried a Try 335? Valve integrated – grainy and veiled
Xindak mono blocks – bass light
Bada 380? 20 anniversaries – no detail
As usual a bit money challenged – your thoughts?
fotophred
The Total Eclipse is easy to drive. We can drive them with our smallest amp, but most of our customers usually use either our M-60 or MA-1 for them. The speaker makes good bass down into the lower 20s and we found it easy to set up. They are designed with tube amplifiers in mind, if you want everything they have to offer get an amp with at least 60 watts/channel.
Agreed - I drive my Total Eclipse with a 100 watt Berning, and I'm quite pleased. While I can get away with 10 watts (convincingly depending on the output tube), it takes around 50wpc and up to really gets them singing. YMMV.

-Richard
I have total eclipse 11 version and with the 8 watt Coincident Frankenstein MK2 amps drive them effortlessly and with projection of sound into a 14x26 feet room at moderate to loud volumes. These speakers are quite an easy load. SET amplifiers with good transformers and a stout power supply will serve you well.
Cary 805 SET. BTW, myself and a few other local audiophiles like the Total Eclipse speaker over the new Total Victory IV speaker. The Total Eclipse are keepers for sure and represent awesome value.
I use Leben CS660 tube power amp (2x40 watts) with my TE II
speakers,excellent sound,these speakers are one of the best and they like tube amps with 16 ohm tap.
It is a pity that Israel do not produce TE no more and the new line does not perform as good as TE because of the ribbon tweteer I hope he again begins to produce this legendary TE for all low wattage tube amp owners.