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Anyone used the Rogue M-180's to driveThiel 2.7's

I just replaced my venerable 3.5's after 21 years and I am going to splurge on new amplification. I know Thiel uses SS as reference amps (Krell and Bryston) but I am jazz and classical guy and have always leaned toward tubes. Thiels are ineffecient and at 4 ohms I am concerned that they will play loud enough. I do not play rock concert levels but I do like to crank them up once in awhile.
jtomes
telescope_trade
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I just bought a new Peachtree Nova 220 amp and Nova pre amp
and it seems to be a superb match so far for my new Thiel
2.7's. I only have about 25 hrs on them and about 250 hrs on
the Thiels and also just added new speaker cables & PC's. So
all of it is new but I am very happy with what I am hearing
already, simply outstanding! Sorry, no experience with the
Rogue's.

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tls49
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The impedance graph for the 2.7 shows it dropping well below the 4 ohm nominal rating. Take a look here,

http://www.stereophile.com/content/thiel-cs72-loudspeaker-measurements

Reading the last line in this review on the M-180 suggests using it with a speaker load that does not drop below the nominal rating,

http://www.stereophile.com/content/rogue-audio-m-180-monoblock-power-amplifier-measurements

It appears that this will not be a good match, and I'm guessing the speaker is just not tube friendly, might be best to use SS.
telescope_trade
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TLs49,

That Stereophile link is actually on the older 7.2, not the
new 2.7. :o)
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