Speakers that are good with tubes


I have see several recommendations against tube amps powering certain speakers. But which speakers are known to really like time amps, especially high powered tube amps?

lewl28

I love these threads and how they twist and turn, altering the "purity" of the OP questions.

It's like asking two different people how a piece of electronic gear works:

A typical guy off the street would reply "Push this on-off button".

An electrical engineer would be frozen in place by the complexity of the question.

My Klipschorns have sounded great with a CJ tube amp & preamp, CJ preamp and modified Hafer SS amp, and now wirh a PL integrated tube amp.

( my only concern with the PL integrated is how at listening levels the volume knob is barely cracked open.)

All the “classic” Klispch speakers, some Altec Lancing horn speakers and some of the older JBL horn speakers. I’m not familiar with the newer ones. But like others have said, it’s not all about the watts.

Well considering the OP has a pair of 350 wpc monoblocks I daresay he can pair just about any speaker he likes with them. Obviously some speakers are more tube friendly than others but that's a lot of power to throw at them. @lewl28 If you truly like your Sopra's just enjoy them.

@jond I must have missed the part where he said the amps were 350 wpc. If I had know that, I would have skipped this thread altogether.