Peak Consult Princess speakers?

Sorry - I forgot to answer your query about tubes.

Because the impedance is so benign (see the email that I sent to you with the impedance and phase plot of El Diablo) all amplifiers are treated very gently and allowed to perform at their best ... no strain at all.

Depending on the size of your room and how much output you really want from the speaker, Diablo can get to extremely respectable levels with 15-20 high quality tube-watts. In a fairly small room you might even be able to get away with a sub-10-watt amplifier - but don't expect too much from the low frequencies. You may get extension, but you won't get the same kind of control that you'd get from a 100-watt Push Pull ...

Stereovox - first, many thanks for the detailed information. I would really appreciate your opinions on the Peak Consult Princess standmounts compared to the InCognito X? What would the sonic differences be between the two? I mention the standmounts since the InCognito X are 2-way speakers as are the Princess stand mounts. Many thanks in advance.

Stereovox,when E-mailing me leave out the last"0".It's 7068!I am very interested in the El Diablo,but in all honesty would not be a serious prospect for a couple of years,as I am moving then.
Best!

Dear Stereovox,
the IngognitoX a base loudspeaker is 15.000$ or euro? right,
Sonus Faber Guarneri is 7500 euro and Guarneri Memento is ~9.000-10.000 euro.
I have nothing personal with Peaks, they are my favorites speakers after Sonus Faber, Verity, Dynaudio,ATC and in my humble opinion they are overpriced.
Just look and listen P.C. Empress and S.F. Amati Anniversario and Verity Parsifal Ovation side by side and regarding construction and sound and then decide , that was my proposition, not an attack.
It's my option to have my opinion and believe what I want but a real test head to head will be more enlightening.
Don't get me wrong but ~25.000 are a big amount of money and I will check every aspect and primarily sound.
So let us have our opinions I respect yours.

By way of comparison it is difficult, only because there are the obvious performance differences (more output and much more low frequency performance from the InCognito-X), and obvious build differences.

In terms of presentation I would say that the Princess is somewhat demur in its rendering, whereas the InCognito-X has more sparkle and life.

Princess has this unspeakable beauty about it, but - like many of the beauties I became infatuated with throughout my life - just a touch distant and somewhat unobtainable. If you love torch songs, Princess is THE speaker for you.

InCognito-X closes the deal and brings you right into the harem's den, full of life and color and energy. In the right room (say, under 300 square feet) InCognito-X does it all ... even pipe organ. 300 square feet is fairly sizeable, though ... that's 15 x 20, and more than most guys have to work with - which means that InCognito-X would be a great choice for most audiophiles.