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Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed?

Only reason I ask is because it will be pushing Salk Veracity Ht2-TL’s...  Im coming off a Belles Aria, which was fantastic, but wanted to try something different.  My concern is the low wattage of the Raven and low sensitivity of the salks, but my Belles 75 watts sounded better than 3 other nice 225 watt integrateds.  
So, anyone with experience with the Raven Blackhawk LE pushing somewhat low sensitivity speakers chime in and let me know.  



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mapman
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One would expect more heat in general when the amp is working harder or playing louder and/or full range  into a tougher load.
willgolf
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@b_limo 
Did you talk to Raven about changing your power tubes?  I went from KT 88's to KT 150's on my Reflection to increase the power.
mofojo
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Thats not enough power for those speakers if you ever like high volumes IMO. May very well sound great at 75-80db. 
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mapman
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Yes likely not getting the most out of the speakers but if you like the amp enough that can certainly help make up for that to a certain extent.
audition__audio
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Yeah I'll bet the U.S. is the only country with forums that suffer these types of problems. 

Do not change to KT150s without doing a bunch of research on this tube type. I thought, for my garage system , that the extra power of the KT120s was worth the slight loss of humanity. I have never used KT150s, but have heard a number of users as well as manufacturers that dont like this tube.
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