Hi Zachzins,
You wrote that you were blown away by the Luxman amplifier and I can understand why. I haven't beard this specific amplifier but given the el84 tube design/circuit and I'm certain superb implementation by Luxman it would be truly excellent. 10 watts of very high quality per their esteemed engineers/designers.
Your direction is correct. What you need to exploit the best from this high caliber low power amplifier is a reasonably high sensitivity speaker with an easy to drive speaker impedance load.
If you like Zu that isn't a bad place to start. Other suggestions,
1 Coherent Audio Speakers made in Canada. Good price range options. Small company but quite highly regarded.
2 Tekton Audio Perfect SET model (Made in Utah) 2-3k price range I believe. Good word of mouth about them and very easy to drive with lower power amplifiers.
3 Cube Audio speakers made in Poland. These are or can be more expensive depending on the model. Very high quality single driver speakers that are easy to drive.
4 Charney Audio (New Jersey) very highly regarded. Has a broad price range. Very high sensitivity speakers.
5 Vaughn Audio speakers (California) has a broad price range of high sensitivity speakers.
I just wanted to provide some viable options. That splendid Luxman integrated tube amplifier deserves to be matched with really good quality speakers.
Charles
You wrote that you were blown away by the Luxman amplifier and I can understand why. I haven't beard this specific amplifier but given the el84 tube design/circuit and I'm certain superb implementation by Luxman it would be truly excellent. 10 watts of very high quality per their esteemed engineers/designers.
Your direction is correct. What you need to exploit the best from this high caliber low power amplifier is a reasonably high sensitivity speaker with an easy to drive speaker impedance load.
If you like Zu that isn't a bad place to start. Other suggestions,
1 Coherent Audio Speakers made in Canada. Good price range options. Small company but quite highly regarded.
2 Tekton Audio Perfect SET model (Made in Utah) 2-3k price range I believe. Good word of mouth about them and very easy to drive with lower power amplifiers.
3 Cube Audio speakers made in Poland. These are or can be more expensive depending on the model. Very high quality single driver speakers that are easy to drive.
4 Charney Audio (New Jersey) very highly regarded. Has a broad price range. Very high sensitivity speakers.
5 Vaughn Audio speakers (California) has a broad price range of high sensitivity speakers.
I just wanted to provide some viable options. That splendid Luxman integrated tube amplifier deserves to be matched with really good quality speakers.
Charles