Using Martin Logan speakers with tube amps??Any experiences??


Hi Dear  Fellows

Any of you have experienced using Martin Logan speakers with based tube amps?I have a pair of cary cad 805ae monoblock amps, wich are pure class A, 50 watts per channel.What do you think?.....Are they powerfull enough to drive,  for instance ,Martin Logan Aerius, Stylos etc.Many thanks for your advices.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers!

Raf
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Using Martin Logan speakers with tube amps??Any experiences?
I have a pair of cary cad 805ae monoblock amps, which are pure class A, 50 watts per channel.What do you think?.

I had the same as the Cary 805’s I built, but my 40kg mono’s used an interstage transformer between the 300b driver and the 805 tube, they were even a bit more powerful than the Cary mono’s.
As for driving the ML’s, yes they did drive just the esl panel (SS on the bass) of my ML Monolith’s to a "certain level" nicely with non complex, non wildly swinging dynamic music.
But even with excellent output transformers and lowish output impedance they still were recessed in the highs where all ML’s have their lowest .9ohm impedance. Good stable high current, high biased Class-A/B solid state will do better.

Cheers George


I owned ML SL3s, tubes wouldn't cut it and I went with a high powered SS amp.....BAT VK500....it was a good combo
The Music Reference RM-200 Mk.2 is designed to work into low impedance loads. 100w/ch into 8 and 4 ohms. The amp has low output impedance (for a tube design), so no loss of bass or treble (depending on where the speaker exhibits very low or high impedance).