Mid-powered tube amps - 27-85 WPC - seem to be the red-headed bastard children in this hobby.
The popular fare (such as Wilson, Magico, Sonus Faber, YG, etc.,) really come fully alive with the big Boulders, Soulutions, CH Precisions, etc. (I am NOT talking about soft, syrupy, anemic, fake-warmish, less-resolving sound of pairing moderately -powered amps with popular, hard-to-drive box speakers).
And, of course, many of the hard-core horn guys are after 10 wpc or less SETs.
The only speakers I can think of that sound great with mid-powered tube amps off the top of my head are Scaena with ARC Ref 75, Nola with 85 wpc VAC integrated, and possibly Alsyvox can sound good with 50 wpc or higher.
What other speakers have you heard that sound great with mid-powered tube amplifiers, SET or PP?
What design choices did their creators make to make for their speakers to work great with moderately powered amps?
(Interestingly, CJ seems to have a new amp out with 27 wpc, but I can't think of too many speakers it would work well with.)
The popular fare (such as Wilson, Magico, Sonus Faber, YG, etc.,) really come fully alive with the big Boulders, Soulutions, CH Precisions, etc. (I am NOT talking about soft, syrupy, anemic, fake-warmish, less-resolving sound of pairing moderately -powered amps with popular, hard-to-drive box speakers).
And, of course, many of the hard-core horn guys are after 10 wpc or less SETs.
The only speakers I can think of that sound great with mid-powered tube amps off the top of my head are Scaena with ARC Ref 75, Nola with 85 wpc VAC integrated, and possibly Alsyvox can sound good with 50 wpc or higher.
What other speakers have you heard that sound great with mid-powered tube amplifiers, SET or PP?
What design choices did their creators make to make for their speakers to work great with moderately powered amps?
(Interestingly, CJ seems to have a new amp out with 27 wpc, but I can't think of too many speakers it would work well with.)