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Lowest Power (Tube) Amp Driving Klipsch Heritage Speakers?


Wolfbane

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3w here with bottleheads.  However, even the bottlehead lovers conceded they couldn't quite handle the bass of a pipe organ at realistic levels.  Everything else, marvelous.

 

And, with a horn loaded sub, I am considering putting my 10w Jolida into service to see how it sounds.  Both my Super PAS4i tube preamp and my Dynaco ST 70 are down and I don't have the time to troubleshoot on my own or the money to get fixed for a while. 

 

Downside is that I'll need to feed the my Soundcraftsman preamp in to a line for everything but my server.  Hopefully it won't be too degraded.

 

Dave

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I have guys running as little as 1/3 wpc into CW and LS small room systems, and get such loud and clean levels that I personally can't stay in there without cotton in my ears!  These amps use triode strapped radio tubes like the 35/50L6, 35/50C5, etc.  Using those same tubes as pentodes for close to triple that amount of power is total overkill in those installations.

 

Maynard

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