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Amp and speaker matching.

I wanted to know if anyone out there has driven a harder load speaker (86db to be exact), with a Tube Amp around 70 watts? I was thinking of driving a pair of Dynaudio Contour 3.0's with a pair of Prima Luna 7 monoblocks 70watts. Currently I use a Solid State amp 350Watts. The Dyns love power so im afraid to drop down in power.

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rrog
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My experience with Dynaudio drivers tells me they like high quality solid state amplification and the Contour 3.0 is no exception with the impedance dropping to 3.4 ohms. This is of greater concern than the 86db sensitivity rating.
rrog
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When someone asks if a cetain type of amplifier will drive their speaker I am assuming they want to know if the amplifier will drive their speaker properly. I have tried many combinations like driving Maggies with 15 watt Quad tube monos and driving the giant Duntech Sovereigns with a 14 watt single ended amp. Although I was able to play music through these speaker with these tiny amplifiers the speakers did not sound their best. Simple music is ok, but on complex large scale music at high volume, forget it.
Stereophiles favorable review of the Dynaudio Contour 3.0 was with amplifiers like Bryston 4B-ST, Bryston 7B-ST monoblocks and Levinson 331.
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