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RE: Any sense of tube amp for 4Ohm medium speakers

Hi,
As Eli said, a fully restored "McShaned" Citation II would drive them easily. If they don't dip below maybe 3 ohms then most any decent tube amp with a 4 ohm tap and 60+ watts per channel will probably drive them. I'd be wary of any dealer who thinks that tubes are too much hassle. He clearly doesn't know much about them and probably shouldn't be carrying them if that is the case. Go to the polk audio site and look up the impedance curve for your speaker and see what they specify the lowest point to be. As long as it is 3 ohms or more then a tube amp can drive them. Eli is pointing out the worst case scenario. As he said, a Citation II can drive them very nicely as it is stable into a 1 ohm load. And better than most any other tube amp you are likely to encounter.

don


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