Speakers With Tubes?

[theoman]

I like to now what speakers AK'ers found drive best with with tubes. especially low wattage.
Show me your speakers.......Heres my Altec's.

 

[vonclod]

Avantegarde


Really nice with my KR 14w SET

 

[battradio]

Your Velencias are good and Altec model 19s are better, due to the lay out , Klipsch makes several good model speakers for tube amps i have Cornwalls

 

[thorpej]

Your Velencias are good and Altec model 19s are better, due to the lay out , Klipsch makes several good model speakers for tube amps i have Cornwalls

Even contemporary Klipsch bookshelf speakers sound fantastic with low-to-moderate power tube amps. I use Klipsch RB-61IIs with my Heathkit AA-151 (14W/ch).

 

[primosounds]

I bought some Altec 19s about a year ago and other than moving them requires 2 people i have never been happier with my speakers. They have wide frequency response and excellent bass even with 4 watts of single ended goodness. I was using less efficient JBL L100 and they were pretty good too, but the Altecs are much better. I find that the tone controls are very useful to help balance out the horn presence.

 

[gadget73]

Klipsch KG-4 upstairs in the bedroom.

 

[mhardy6647]

DSC_9570 (3) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

 

[kcline]

My new to me Karlson's with Pioneer PMI-12 tri-axel drivers ratings on speakers is 15 watts at 16 ohm

 

[whoaru99]

I have some relatively low sensitive monitor-type speakers paired with P-P EL84 amp. It sounds very good, as long as one does not have concert hall SPL expectations.

 

[theoman]

My new to me Karlson's with Pioneer PMI-12View attachment 1028322 tri-axel drivers ratings on speakers is 15 watts at 16 ohmView attachment 1028318

Did you make the cabinets?

 

[Dave451]

Klipsch KG4.

 

[asilker]

 

[kcline]

"Did you make the cabinets?" no came from estate in western NC, found in bedroom covered with collectables and other junk, cabinets are marked up some just from sitting around for decades as when found had no wires connected at all.

 

[maxhifi]

I use a pair of Klipsch La Scalas with my SET 2A3 amplifier. Previously I had some Sansui SP-3005, which aren't the world's best speaker, but have the sensitivity to make a low powered amp come alive.

 

[drtool]

Klipsch La Scallas. Came alive with tube amps. So friken late to the party.

 

[theoman]

I wonder how the moth speakers would sound with the moth amp?

 

[gadget73]

not quite what you asked, but how about these?

The box underneath is this:

so its a speaker with tubes in the most literal sense

 

[theoman]

View attachment 1028586 I wonder how the moth speakers would sound with the moth amp?
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They guy won't ship them he lives in Annapolis, Maryland

 

[solderjunkie]

Can't believe no one has mentioned the Hsu HB-1 MK2 bookshelf speaker. Never been a fan of horn speakers until I discovered these. Make my Maggie sound like butta.

 

[Poultrygeist]

Lowthers are some of the most efficient full range drivers and these DX3's work great with low wattage SET amps.