tube amp

DavidRB

Hey guys! today I listened, for the first time, a tube amp on a pair of RTi 4?s and a pair of RTi A3 and I liked the sound. The sales guys could not give me a real answer on how to match a tube amp to a set of speakers; so here I am asking you all Polk guys how to do that.

thanks in advance

george daniel

A little more info on the amp and what you are planning to drive would help.A rule of thumb would be 4-8 ohm speakers with reasonable efficiency and a tube amp of 20-40 watts should put a smile on your face.Good luck.

DavidRB

To tell the truth this guy was like the owner?s son and he had no clue on what brand or wattage the amp was. I went close to see the amp and try and find something about it, but it had no brand or data I could see.

Can you recommend a nice budget tube amp?

george daniel

sure,, whats your budget,,and what are you gonna be driving(speakers)

DavidRB

budget is 300-400 usd and I want to drive the RTi A3 for the time beeing. I decides I will wait and skip the LSi?s.

DON73

I don't know how much power your speakers require but I'm playing Monitor 10s now and I've played Monitor 7s. The ones that surprised me are the AR11s. I can power any of these speakers as loud as I want.....not rock levels but a reasonable level with a 30 watt DARED.

michaeljhsda2

Save up another 100 bucks and this thing will rock the house.

http://cgi.ebay.com/YAQIN-MC-10L-Push-Pull-Integrated-Stereo-Tube-Amplifier-/140590041210?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item20bbd1c87a#ht_2979wt_700

Save up another 200 bucks...this has remote control.

http://cgi.ebay.com/YAQIN-MS-20L-Push-Pull-Integrated-Stereo-Tube-Amplifier-/130563244886?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item1e662d0356#ht_3701wt_700

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