Tube / SS amp that handles 4ohm loads well and delivers lively texture / palpability


For Triangle signature theta speakers. Real 90db(measured - most manufacturers would claim 94db) Minimum impedance 4.4ohm
amp or integrated. Low volume listening. I would drive an amp with a dac with included class A Ss preamp.

triangles have very sharp high frequencies (horn loaded tweeter) and need a very warm fullbodied amp with texture that manages to be still lively and fast and open.

that screams tube amp but in am concerned about bass performance an coherence as rock solid timing is my goal no.1 and full body my goal no.2 

I thought about el34 amps like lm211ia or class a amps like densen or valvet, class b like LFD.
Small and light gainclones would be nice as well if they can deliver the performance.


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If you run a set of ZEROs (www.zeroimpedance.com) then you can run any tube amp you want that makes the needed power.
Here are some comments regarding the ZEROs, with a tube amp that isn't otherwise comfortable on four ohms:
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0703/midmonth/atmazero.htm
@zuio 

zero lacking in immediacy. The new LTA UltraLinear produces the best tightest bass I’ve ever heard in a tube amp.
I've never heard 'tight bass' in real life. I play string bass, played in orchestras, jazz and folk combos and play in a rock band (keyboards) right now. IME/IMO 'tight bass' is a thing that only exists in stereo, and then mostly when the woofers are overdamped.

Put another way, when tight bass exists, definition, the character of the bass notes, goes away. So I avoid tight bass, instead just look for what is natural.
Hi,I used to be a US service center for Audio Analogue from Italy, maker of small integrated amps and CD players.  The few amps that came in the door were the most tube sounding SS amps I ever heard. Sweet and musical, I still lust for one...
NOTE: the gig described above was late 2000's, and I have NOT heard their newer offerings.