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Is it possible to buy a decent tube amplifier in the $2000-3000 range?

I have very efficient vintage  Dalquist DQ 20 speakers.
Am currently running them with monoblock NuForce class D amps.
Also vintage Conrad-Johnson PV 11 preamp.
Any suggestions, new or used for tube amp in the $2000-3000 range.

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Input! That is.

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’I would think that you would need a powerful tube amp (100-200 wpc) to drive these speakers"

Not a tube but there’s a steal of a deal Krell KSA-300s listed for sale right now for $3K and that should drive your speakers with some serious gusto. A 185 lbs. of solid America made steel. Might need to nail your furniture down to the floor to stop them from walking across the room...

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Kalali:  The price is right, but the weight is a killa!
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Agree with the others that based on the stated specs of your speakers the 20 watt Quicksilver probably would not be an optimum match, therefore please allow me to recant.
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