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Primaluna or Rogers for YG Acoustics Carmels
I just bought a pair of YG Carmels and have been running them with an Octive Audio V40SE using a small REL sub. The YG's like tubes as do I. Classical music only. My Octave Audio is a little underpowered for these speakers from what I can gather. The Rogers 100 integrated is 65 watts of pure class A. The Primaluna Dialogue HP is 70 watts AB. I normally use EL34 tubes. Classical music only. The YG's are 8ohm 87db speakers. Which of these two amps ( or you may have a better suggestion) will best fill my needs. I need to stay within $5000. Thanks, Lance
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YG speakers, I've never auditioned them. I've got Dynaudio Audience 72 quiet inefficient speakers (86 dB) Currently I have PrimaLuna Dialogue Seven mono blocks and run them not even in ultralinear (70 watt) but in triode mode (40 watts). I'm very rarely put more then 50% of power output, like ~ 75% because it's waaay too loud. BTW this PrimaLunas amps to my ears best sounding amps (for any price) I've ever auditioned in my 30+ years of audio hobby... |
You're amp is going to need some power to drive these speakers. I only found impedance results for the Carmel 2's which indicates much of the mid bass in the frequency spectrum is around 4 ohms. https://www.stereophile.com/content/yg-acoustics-carmel-2-loudspeaker-measurements These speakers seem better suited for a SS amp, but check out the review using a PrimaLuna... https://www.stereophile.com/content/yg-acoustics-carmel-2-loudspeaker-page-2 |