What speakers do you like with your tube amp?

Niteshade · « **on:** 10 Jun 2010, 08:04 pm »

SteveFord · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 09:23 pm »

Maggies!

zybar · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 09:25 pm »

Vandersteen 5A's

George

Niteshade · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 09:47 pm »

Klipsch RF-83's
Upgraded Realistic Mach II's
Pioneer 8" monitors circa 1999
Vintage Allied AlNico w/ 8" drivers & 2" tweeters

RCduck7 · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 10:18 pm »

Hyperions sound magical with tubes, especially SET amps.

bunky · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 Jun 2010, 11:18 pm »

Silverline Sonatina 2's

zybar · « **Reply #6 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 12:30 am »

A few more speakers that have been very good with tubes:

Omega Revolutions
Coincident Super Conquests and Eclipse
Gallo References
Silverline Sonata II's

George

Tyson · « **Reply #7 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 12:38 am »

Fully active VMPS RM40's and my DIY Ella's.

I've not heard them, but the Troels Gravesen Double Tapered Quarter Wave Tube - DTQWT's seem very interesting, and might just be my next project....

Front:

Back:

decal · « **Reply #8 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 01:24 am »

My Tyler Acoustics 7U's work very well with my Rogue Audio Tempest II Magnum.

Will2 · « **Reply #9 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 01:28 am »

AudioKinesis Dream Makers. The synergy with AtmaSphere seems particularly good, and their being bipolar really appeals to me.

rivieraranch · « **Reply #10 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 02:41 am »

DECWARE MG944 FLOOR STANDING SPEAKERS

mitch stl · « **Reply #11 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 02:48 am »

Sorry I don't have a picture to post, but I've got a pair of Spendor SP1/2Es driven by an Image 65i. You don't see many of these amps in the US, but it is a very nicely built unit with 6550 outputs, conservatively rated at 50 watts/channel.

sturgus · « **Reply #12 on:** 11 Jun 2010, 03:23 am »

My Merlins seem to work quite well with my Aronov's.
Sturgus

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #13 on:** 16 Jun 2010, 06:28 pm »

Quote from: Will2 on 11 Jun 2010, 01:28 am

AudioKinesis Dream Makers. The synergy with AtmaSphere seems particularly good, and their being bipolar really appeals to me.

Hi Will,
Nice speaker, Iam a dipole fan, do you have a image of the back of you speakers?? Unfornately the factory site is not lengthy in photos.
Looks to me the bottom driver is the woofer and the upper driver is a horn with an tweeter in center?? Or am I wrong...
Gustavo

rollo · « **Reply #14 on:** 16 Jun 2010, 07:19 pm »

With the Cyber 211 SET amp we perfer the Pipedreams. Glorious actually. With The Maggie 3As Audio Research DR 250 Servo Mk2. or the AR Classic 60. The larger AR with 240W/channel of triode bliss with the Maggies is breathtaking.
Actually any speaker with a sensitivity of 90Db or better. The Maggies are my only exception.cause we are lucky enough to own the DR250.
Hard to listen to other speakers with soudstages the size of Fleas.

charles.

Duke · « **Reply #15 on:** 16 Jun 2010, 08:51 pm »

Quote from: FULLRANGEMAN on 16 Jun 2010, 06:28 pm

Hi Will,
Nice speaker, Iam a dipole fan, do you have a image of the back of you speakers?? Unfornately the factory site is not lengthy in photos.
Looks to me the bottom driver is the woofer and the upper driver is a horn with an tweeter in center?? Or am I wrong...
Gustavo

Hi Gustavo,

For a while there I was keeping secret what the back of my bipolars looks like, but I'll be posting photos in the future. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the back of the Dream Makers, so that will have to wait until I build another set, but you can get a pretty good idea of what to expect from this article:

http://www.hifizine.com/2010/06/the-controlled-pattern-offset-bipole-loudspeaker/ ; see Figure 2.

The top driver is indeed a horn-type with a compression driver; I call it a "waveguide", as its primary function is radiation pattern control rather than acoustic amplification. The bottom driver is a 10" woofer.

You're more than welcome to ask me questions, and to avoid us taking this thread on a tangent you might do so over on my circle or via private message.

Thanks!

Duke

eclein · « **Reply #16 on:** 16 Jun 2010, 09:29 pm »

Do Tube DAC's count?? Sorta kinda??

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #17 on:** 16 Jun 2010, 09:49 pm »

Quote from: Duke on 16 Jun 2010, 08:51 pm

Hi Gustavo,

For a while there I was keeping secret what the back of my bipolars looks like, but I'll be posting photos in the future. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the back of the Dream Makers, so that will have to wait until I build another set, but you can get a pretty good idea of what to expect from this article:

http://www.hifizine.com/2010/06/the-controlled-pattern-offset-bipole-loudspeaker/ ; see Figure 2.

The top driver is indeed a horn-type with a compression driver; I call it a "waveguide", as its primary function is radiation pattern control rather than acoustic amplification. The bottom driver is a 10" woofer.

You're more than welcome to ask me questions, and to avoid us taking this thread on a tangent you might do so over on my circle or via private message.

Thanks!

Duke

Thanks Duke. I will follow the link.
Gustavo

nunhgrader · « **Reply #18 on:** 21 Jun 2010, 08:38 pm »

Right now, I'm using Tekton 4.1 (in Maple not red like this pic) with my Dynaco ST-70 - they sound lovely:

http://www.tektondesign.com/model41.htm

Saving to upgrade to the Tekton 6.5's next

decal · « **Reply #19 on:** 21 Jun 2010, 09:08 pm »

I kinda favor my Tyler Acoustics 7U's.But hey,that's just me!!!