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17 of 23 speakers in my studio and home theater systems are internally powered. My studio system is all Genelec and sounds very accurate. I know the best new concert and studio speakers are internally powered there are great technical reasons to design a speaker and an amp synergistically, this concept is much more important to sound quality than the vibration systems we often buy. How can an audiophile justify a vibration system of any sort with this in mind.

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@o_holter I love tube amps also, I don't know of speakers that are made for tube amps, the dampening factor for a solid state and a tube amp would be very different, generally tube amps don't have near the power of SS amps of course, it there were speakers that were designed for a tube amp that would be a big deal and I would go out and buy it.

@kota1 is right outboard crossovers, at line level, then amplified to a speaker that was designed for that particular tube amp would be amazing. @kota1 probably knows of a company that does just this, that's the answer.

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generally tube amps don't have near the power of SS amps of course,

If you jump on this before it is gone you will not regret:

 

See page 4 about how to get a tube sound quality from this SS amp and page 13 on how to biamp with an external crossover and the specs on pg 18,

 in the manual HERE:

 

I spend enough time arguing with people who know what they are talking about @donavabdear . I don't have much time for those that don't.​​​​