Are you certain the impedance is that high? Your comments suggest that the tweeter impedance is lower than you think.
Check the speaker and see if there is a choke in series with the woofer panel. If not, its impedance is in parallel with that of the tweeter. So while it may be 4 ohms in the bass, it might be 2 ohms or less in the range of the tweeter.
4 ohm speakers are far more critical of the speaker cables. If your prior speaker was 8 ohms, it might be that the cables you have now, while working perfectly well with solid state amps, don't do so well with a tube amp, which has a higher output impedance. I would therefore try different cables and if at all possible, keep them really short! Its not so important with solid state amps but with tubes it is.
Check the speaker and see if there is a choke in series with the woofer panel. If not, its impedance is in parallel with that of the tweeter. So while it may be 4 ohms in the bass, it might be 2 ohms or less in the range of the tweeter.
4 ohm speakers are far more critical of the speaker cables. If your prior speaker was 8 ohms, it might be that the cables you have now, while working perfectly well with solid state amps, don't do so well with a tube amp, which has a higher output impedance. I would therefore try different cables and if at all possible, keep them really short! Its not so important with solid state amps but with tubes it is.