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You'll be fine with a larger SET

A while back, I owned a pair of Gallo Nuclues Ultimates (4 Dynaudio woofers per side, and a CDT tweeter). These speakers are roughly 84dB/w/m, with 4 ohm nominal, and reproduce a robust full range.

I drove the speakers very well with a Bel Canto SET40, a 35wpc 845tube amplifier. Also, I've had the opportunity to try our deHavilland SET 845 monoblocks and pair them with one of our VMPS RM1 ribbon monitors - high current demanding 4 ohm speakers. The bass impact was not the strongest I've heard, but there was no denying the magic within the midrange that only comes with a good SET/speaker match.

The Virgo III's look to be a more benign load versus either of the above two examples (judging from the measurements). I think you'll be extremely satisified if you go with a larger SET amp, and avoid the SET design implementations based on the sum of paralleling output stages. I've listened to the Virgo II's, and would categorize them as more of a limited full range speaker; something I'd augment with a subwoofer for gentle bass reinforcement, and concentrate on the imaging and musicality that appeared the strengths of these speakers.

Kind Regards,

Rup



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