I can also recommend the Line Magnetic 518 integrated also.
Tube amplifier suggestion for 101 dB speakers
Hello All,
I've been using the Tyler Acoustics PD30s with Classé Sigma solid state preamp and amp combination.
These speakers have two 15" woofers and a horn tweeter, 4 ohm, sensitivity 101 dB.
The above combination is not the best, especially for complex rock music, the highs start to distort, they are harsh, just bad. Never had tube gears, but after reading a bit, these speakers apparently scream for tubes. Actually somebody brought over a hobbyist-made tube amp and yes, the speakers were tamed.
I'm willing to switch to a tube amp but prefer to keep the ss preamp.
Can anybody recommend a few good tube amp matches here, for a max of 3K new or used. Room is just a good medium size. I want something that I can keep for many years if possible and being somehow flexible to tube rolling.
Thanks.
I've been using the Tyler Acoustics PD30s with Classé Sigma solid state preamp and amp combination.
These speakers have two 15" woofers and a horn tweeter, 4 ohm, sensitivity 101 dB.
The above combination is not the best, especially for complex rock music, the highs start to distort, they are harsh, just bad. Never had tube gears, but after reading a bit, these speakers apparently scream for tubes. Actually somebody brought over a hobbyist-made tube amp and yes, the speakers were tamed.
I'm willing to switch to a tube amp but prefer to keep the ss preamp.
Can anybody recommend a few good tube amp matches here, for a max of 3K new or used. Room is just a good medium size. I want something that I can keep for many years if possible and being somehow flexible to tube rolling.
Thanks.
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Mike Sanders of QuickSilver uses JBL horns with woofers I think they are at least 10 " woofers ( 4 in each speaker unit). I have QuickSilver mono 60 and just love them or if money is no object you can go for the EAR 509 mono or Viva Solista 18 watt Set integrated amplifier , my speakers are 97.5 efficient Daedalus Poseidon |
piramis You've got good efficiency, so you don't need a lot of watts, 50 would do, but these speakers are spec'd by the manufacturer at 4ohms nominal, and you can bet they go down to 3 or maybe even 2ohms somewhere. So I would look at tube amps that have a 2ohm output tap as well as the normal 4 and 8. Roger Mojeski's Music Reference RM200 amp has this. http://www.ramlabs-musicreference.com/music_reference_rm-200_hybrid_power_tube_amplifer.html Cheers George |
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