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Mini-monitors I have used

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In Reply to: RE: Best Miniature Speakers for tubes: Celestion, ProAc or Epos or? posted by baja on May 07, 2008 at 01:20:45

Here is my direct experience. It takes about 15-20 W to drive Quad 11L speakers perhaps 25-30 is best for Quad 12L. Stirling LS3/5A V2 works well with 25W. I won't speculate about speakers i don't own.

I will say that people are often too focused on speaker efficiency and not enough on the load that the speaker presents to the amp. For small amps you want a speaker with relatively high ave impedance (8 Ohms and up); a flat electrical load curve with no big downward dips and little reactivity (where the phase angle dives and the impedance goes straight up - beyond just issue of cabinet resonance in the bass)

The newest model Quads are voiced differently than the ones that are 2 years and older. For a bargain: used quads.
Greetings from the sunny Brønshøj riveria on the banks of the lovely Utterslev Mose

Follow Ups:

Which is more musical? - Panelhead 04:18:46 05/08/08 (1)
- The old ones to my ears. read on - Frihed89 10:43:39 05/08/08 (0)

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