2A3 amp and Spendors?

3ox: I was not knocking the speakers. I am sure they are great sounding when paired with suitable amp. 3ox is right make sure you listen in your room before you buy. I do not think that you are going to find yourself on the "cusp" however. Listen to 2A3s with effecient speakers and then your Spendors. Most modern speakers were not designed for use with 2A3s. A lot of this depends on your ears which will change overtime. I would be surprised if you would be happy with the Spendors for long. Frankly, I think 300bs pushing them would be on the cusp. Again, only my ears.

good listening

Didn't think you were knocking the Spendors, Clueless. And a 2A3 would not be MY first choice generally for an amp for the Spendors. But that's what Wda specifically asked about. The numbers say 88db/eff. plus 3db (pair of speakers) minus a little (you will be listening further than 1 meter away!) meaning a 3 watt amp will play about 90db peaks which to me is reasonably loud, but you can certainly run out of steam sometimes. I use, among others, a Leak Stereo 20 (P-P 6BQ5's, about 15 watts or so) and don't run into trouble. The Spendors fortunately have a fairly benign impedance curve (mostly over 8 ohms) so they do lend themselves to tubes. 300B's at 10 watts will do about 95db or so which is a little more like it. But your mileage may vary! Kevin

It will give you a taste of what the 2a3 will do, but in the long run you'll be looking for either a different amp or speaker. I'm currently running a 2a3 with an 89dbw meadowlark and it's close at low volume, but not advisable. Given your room size and musical tastes, either start thinking about new speakers, or look for more power in a 300b.