What speakers have you used with your Tubelab amp and what did you think of them?
Has anyone used lower sensitivity speakers with good results?
Here’s what I’ve used:
Klipsch KG-3 with Crites titanium tweeter - Very good sound with these.
Klipsch Forte II with Crites upgrades - These were excellent sounding speakers, especially with my Tubelab SSE. Unfortunately, I sold these when I sold my house, as I thought they would be too big for the apartment that I was moving into. I regret selling them.
Tekton M-lore (mini lore) – These have a high sensitivity rating and I really wanted to like these, as they fit my current living room perfectly. They had deep and clean bass with the SSE but they had a dark sound signature that I didn’t care for, so I moved them along.
Klipsch Heresy I – this is what I’m currently using. These sound very good. They are an engaging speaker and throw a very large image. They don’t go very deep but the bass that is there is clean and articulate.
Has anyone used lower sensitivity speakers with good results?
Here’s what I’ve used:
Klipsch KG-3 with Crites titanium tweeter - Very good sound with these.
Klipsch Forte II with Crites upgrades - These were excellent sounding speakers, especially with my Tubelab SSE. Unfortunately, I sold these when I sold my house, as I thought they would be too big for the apartment that I was moving into. I regret selling them.
Tekton M-lore (mini lore) – These have a high sensitivity rating and I really wanted to like these, as they fit my current living room perfectly. They had deep and clean bass with the SSE but they had a dark sound signature that I didn’t care for, so I moved them along.
Klipsch Heresy I – this is what I’m currently using. These sound very good. They are an engaging speaker and throw a very large image. They don’t go very deep but the bass that is there is clean and articulate.
Thanks. I did see that thread but I'm using an SSE and I wasn't sure if I would be hijacking by posting in that thread. My apologies if I was wrong in starting a new thread.
No worries. Since the TSE and the SSE are both single ended outputs, they both put out single digit wattage, so efficient speakers are the way to go for most folks.
A TSE running 45's is less than 2 watts output.... that somewhat defines the low end of output power for these, and an SSE running KT88s is likely the top end of output power, still single digit wattage....maybe 8 watts.
It's pretty amazing what 5 watts sounds like through the right speakers. It's all anyone had back in the early days of tubes.
A TSE running 45's is less than 2 watts output.... that somewhat defines the low end of output power for these, and an SSE running KT88s is likely the top end of output power, still single digit wattage....maybe 8 watts.
It's pretty amazing what 5 watts sounds like through the right speakers. It's all anyone had back in the early days of tubes.