If you want a transistor amp that sounds any good on that speaker, its going to make some heat too. If you don't mind compromising, then any amplifier will work.
The 'tame on highs' thing is where you are most likely to get in trouble with most transistor amps. Transistors have non-linear capacitive elements in their junctions. This contributes to distortion. It is also magnified by greater amounts of current through the device. To control the resulting distortion, feedback is often used. Both contribute to odd ordered harmonic distortion, which the ear interprets as both brightness and harshness.
That is the physics and the physiology of the situation. If you are dead set on a transistor amp, put a level control in series with the tweeter so you can tone it down. It won't be ideal but it will work.
Alternatively, you could get a speaker that is designed to work with transistors. The speaker you have now does not sound right with transistors because it was designed on and for tubes.
The 'tame on highs' thing is where you are most likely to get in trouble with most transistor amps. Transistors have non-linear capacitive elements in their junctions. This contributes to distortion. It is also magnified by greater amounts of current through the device. To control the resulting distortion, feedback is often used. Both contribute to odd ordered harmonic distortion, which the ear interprets as both brightness and harshness.
That is the physics and the physiology of the situation. If you are dead set on a transistor amp, put a level control in series with the tweeter so you can tone it down. It won't be ideal but it will work.
Alternatively, you could get a speaker that is designed to work with transistors. The speaker you have now does not sound right with transistors because it was designed on and for tubes.