Speakers and Tube Amps

Coincident... Silverline... Ref3a... to name a few. More names can be found at the wavelength web site with a better depiction of what relates to waht power range of tube amps.

The first poster here said much of what to look for though there are exceptions to manufacturers specs on paper and how some of their loudspeakers will truly react with a given power (wpc) LEVEL.

The room, the amp, and the speakers are all a mix. to wind up with a proper fit for them and yourself, do keep those things in mind.

At or around 50-60wpc and upwards, there will be many speakers which can be driven quite readily. Lots. Probably all of them in fact. to what levels, and with how much bass and so forth is the key question.

80% of the music is made in the first 20wpc.

If you plan on getting into very low powered SET amps this relationship of room, and loudspeaker becomes more important... and can become far more critical as the power diminishes.

Go to sonicfrontiers.com there is some awesome reading posted on there. I think "a taste of tubes" along with more.

"More names can be found at the wavelength web site with a better depiction of what relates to waht power range of tube amps."

Anybody know the web address of the wavelength site? www.wavelength.com doesn't seem to be the one. If people are going to recommend various websites and/or articles found in these websites, it might be helpful to include the complete website address that will take you to the recommended article. It's pretty fast and easy to copy the web address and then paste it in "your respond". I know when I have an address I more likely to actually go read the information.

Thanks.

I kind of figured anyone that was serious would jump on over there and look for themselves.... but here it is...

http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/speaker.html

I mean if I can find it anyone can.

Good luck.

The idea that an amplifier has to double power as the impedance is halved is problematic. I say this because **in general** tubes sound better than transistors and tubes do not double their power. Instead, they will (or they will attempt) to put out constant power (transistors will seek to put out constant voltage; if you do the math this is why they double power as the impedance is halved).

I know that there are many who will object to my statements above, so I want to be clear that while on the face of it, it appears to be the tube/transistor debate, it really isn't, see:

http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_paper2.html

for more information.

If you read the above article, then you know that all you have to do to find a speaker that works with tubes is to look at the speaker designer's intention: is he using tubes in the design of his speakers?

Audiokinesis, Classic Audio Reproductions, Quad, Lowther, nearly all horns except for the Avantgarde Trio, Coincident, High Emotion Audio, PHY, Feasterex, Audio Machina, ZU, Wilson, Vandersteen, Tonian Labs, Reference 3A... the list is extensive!! I would not worry about finding a speaker that will work for you, regardless of the tube amp you ultimately settle on.