Ocellia loudspeakers
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Any speakers with 95dB or higher sensitivity. Have you already bought your "high power" tube amp? IMHO, tube amps perform best at low power and the high power amps are a compromise to try to accomodate less sensitive speakers. I know this is a very broad generalization and people will disagree, especially those owning higher powered tube amps. I listen at 1/4 to 1/2 watt per channel 98.44% of the time and most people listen below 1 watt when using sensitive speakers. I just piecked up an amp to play with that is less than 2 watts per channel. Jerry |
@carlsbad 1+ . Efficiency and high impedance. Horn speakers rule here. Klipsch Cornwalls are a favorite. |
Speakers' efficiency does not need to be as high as 95db. Tubes do not like big swings in impedance. I have run speakers with efficiencies as low as 88 db just fine with tubes (e.g. Fritz speakers). My Ascend towers are 92-93 db and they're great with tubes, because of the relative flatness of their impedance curves. If this fact is understood, the range of speakers opens up a lot. The hard part is finding measurements of the impedance curves. But they're out there, or you can inquire or look for a review in Stereophile. Some good discussion, here:
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Good point , the wonderful and noteworthy aspect of easily driven tube friendly speakers. I agree with @hilde45 that the speaker impedance (Ohm load) and curve characteristics are equally if not more important than the sensitivity measurement in isolation. Amplifiers work less hard driving higher load impedance speakers that demand much less current draw. The flatter the impedance curve, the easier it will be to drive. Charles |
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