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not a big budget,these speakers were recomended i'm using rogers will
i notice a huge difference and i'm running low powered tube stuff.
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The Studio Series from Paradigm have some impedance Variations that dip and rise , as it is part of how the speaker was designed. I have heard the 20's, 40's, 60's, 80's, and 100's on solid state amps. They all sounded good to my ears. I heard the studio 20's on an MC275 once. I thought they were a bit conjested in the mid range. I wondered why I did not like the Studio 20's on a valve amp and liked them on a solid state amp. I concluded that the varrations of the impedance in the studio 20's make it a poor match for an 6550 based amp. I am not familar with your amp, but if you are using a low powered valve amp, then I would suggest that you give other speakers a listen.
I've got Paradigm's Studio 20's and I've recently hooked them up with an old Dynaco 17 watt tube integrated that a non audiophile friend had in his basement for years and the sound wasn't all that engaging. Surprisingly though, my Studio 80's made the old Dynaco sound like a classic tube amp and it was listenable. It makes me wonder what the Studio 80's would sound like with better tube components. Perhaps Triangle speakers would be a good match.
If so.....I own a pair, v2 model. Great little speakers.These are not high efficiency speakers and may not be suitable for low power tubes, such as SET. You don't mention what "low powered" is.
I'm using them with a 35 watt per channel NAD C740 solid state receiver, but I don't think they'll be happy with less power than that.
Sensitivity is rated at 89 dB for "room", but according to website spec they are only 86 dB anechoic, which I think is the sensitivity number you should use.
There was an article recently in Stereophile where a 25 watt per channel new model Quicksilver low-gain amp was evaluated using the Studio 20's. The reviewer said the Studio 20 speakers were OK, but didn't go so far as to say they were a great combo.
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