Audio Note AN/E vs. DeVore O/96

I’ve heard the large Audio Note bookshelves twice at different shows. I have to honestly say that whilst they were good, they didn’t really stand out (in the way both the Kerr Acoustic K320 and the Monopulse A’s did.

It was disappointing as I’d really wanted to like them.

I would still like to hear the hemp coned versions as maybe the small crowded rooms where they were being played didn’t do them full justice.

@OP

I own the O/96 and the Coincident Frankensteins mk2.
To cut to the chase, And answer your original question. NO, the Franks will not be able to drive the speakers fully. You need a higher powered amp, at least 15-20 good tube watts, if not more. I suspect the O96s are 91-92 not 96dB as advertised.

The Graham Audio LS5/8 would be an interesting speaker to audition; it marries a tweeter to a 12" bass/mid unit.

@essrand 
How long have you owned the O/96 speakers and how do you like them?

Since this is not a note about Audio Note, I apologize. This is for @prof 
I put my O/93's back in, in place of my Spendor D7.2's. 
I played two albums that I had just listened to last night. 
Car Seat Headrest's "Making a Door Less Open" was more enjoyable through the Devores. I heard voices more clearly. The percussion sounded both more realistic and more propulsive. There was imaging but it is a different, more subtle form of imaging. Less hi-fi, less contrived in a studio gimmick manner. The Devores sere more tactile and Will Toledo's voice conveyed more emotion. I was ready to declare the 
Devores clearly superior to the D7.2's. 
But then I put my reissue of Stevie Wonder's Innervisions on. The Devores were good, but not as revelatory as the D7.2's. The snarl in Stevie's voice, the spine tingling nature of the back up singers in "Living for the City" were MIA. The overall sound throughout the album lacked the textural clarity and sounded just a bit distorted/fuzzy compared to the Spendors. 
Certain traits remained consistent throughout. The Devores put out a wall of sound and the Spendors were more polite and restrained. I am convinced that John Devore modeled his Orangutans for the type of music he loves-synth/industrial/percussion heavy techno. The Devores are more fun. They are more alive. But they can be a bit course. The Soendors are a bit too polite but always manage to behave without fault. They just lean a bit toward the hi-fil artificial side of sound reproduction. 
I can not choose one over the other. It simply depends on the choice of music and which trade-offs are dispensable at any given moment.