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SS or Tubes for Spendor S3/5?

I'm looking to upgrade a Rega Brio-R for my Spendor S3/5R speakers. I've searched the forum archives to no avail. There doesn't seem to be consensus on this.

Should I consider a decent push-pull tube amp of approximately the same power as the Brio R or an even more powerful SS amplifier?
greg7
truman
167 posts
 
Having once owned these, and being a "tubee" I'd still suggest that these power hungry mini's perform best with disproportionally large amps, probably ss with lots of dampening power. Really, the bigger the better, I suspect.
fjn04
1,561 posts
 
Greg7- Did you feel the Brio R was not a good match with the Spendor 3/5R's ?
donvito101
278 posts
 
I have those speakers. I run them with 50 watt Rogue Audio amps and that is plenty. They are great with anything you decide on tube or ss.
mrnemo
8 posts
 
I have used 200 watt ss and 40 watt tube amps with them and the 40 watt tube amps make them shine. A kt88 type tube amp will really open them up.
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