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30 Watts of class A power: What Speakers are you using and suggesting?

My recent amp has led me to want to downsize my setup. My Sophia II’s can be handled by the amp but I wonder what would I look at if I downsized the speakers to prepare for a life less crowded by heavy equipment. NOTE: The amp inspires me to believe I am hearing the very best music of my life < 70 watts. 
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bigkidz
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I build a clone of the First Watt amp pure class A, point to point wired and better capacitors transformer and resistors.  I use it t drive a pair of Vandersteen Model 5As with no issues.  Beats the pants off the First Watt also!


Happy Listening.

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wspohn
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I also use a CJ Premier 11a driving Wilsons (in my case Maxx 2 - which had a lot of input in the design of your speakers which are sort of half sized Maxes). They will drive you out of the room before the amp clips.

Suggest that you keep that amp and just look at any speaker that is at least 90 dB efficient.
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atmasphere
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I don’t want to muddy the waters with budget am asking what you are all using and I’ll use that information so make/ model works well.  
Well then. Classic Audio Loudspeakers Project T3.3  field coil drivers; no worries flat to 20Hz with dual 15" woofers. 98dB 1 watt/1 meter, 16 ohms.
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three_easy_payments
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@ostrey

I recently discovered my pass labs xa30.8 sounds amazing with 4 ohm or difficult loads. That is what I tend to stick to now.

That's because Pass (as stated by Desmond Harrington) indicates the XA30.8 will output 90 watts @ 1% into 8Ω and almost 150 watts @ 1% into 4Ω.  This is a significantly underrated amp in terms of output and can drive the heck out of a 4 ohm load.
facten
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Daedalus Argos V2s with either a Line Magnetic 518IA  integrated 845 tube based 22wpc; or Finale Audio 7189 MK2 integrated EL84M or7189a tube based 20 wpc
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