Please Recommend Highly Efficient Floor Standing Non-Horn Speaker Suggestions


Apologize if this is redundant but the threads here all seem to recommend horn speakers for tube amps.

alphonsodamato

If you want to use very low power tube amps there are only a few choices that are not horn speakers.

In my system the Luxman MB-3045 tube amps at about 60 wpc are an excellent match for the ProAc Response D-40r (90db)

Another mention the DeVore Orangutans. Outstanding speakers that work great even on SET power outputs.

DCM Time Windows can crack the plaster with a 50 watt amp! My favorite speaker for the past five years! 

+1 on Zu Audio speakers.

I was lucky enough to get a pair of the fully uprgraded Dirty Weekends from the last and final run. (Caveat—during pandemic w/shortages I waited 9months)

These show up for sale now again, but Sean over at Zu says they’ll bring a similar product to market soon.  

When your wife, who normally wishes you would “keep it down”, says, “whoa! I’ve never heard that before in this piece!” Or “these sound closer to “live” than I’ve ever heard!”, you’re onto something.

I normally push them with a peachtree Nova 150. However, given they’re high sensitivity, playing with other amps has been a lot of fun as well as instructive in the hobby.

…but with the nova and the ODWs I can run everyone out of the house and get the neighbors upset.😅

best of luck!

dgc