Speakers and Tube Amps


Being more familiar with solid state gear than tubes, I'm really not sure who the top players are in making "tube-friendly" speakers.

I'm not looking at any specific tube amp manufacturers at the moment so compatibility is less important than general information.
mmike84

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"More names can be found at the wavelength web site with a better depiction of what relates to waht power range of tube amps."

Anybody know the web address of the wavelength site? www.wavelength.com doesn't seem to be the one. If people are going to recommend various websites and/or articles found in these websites, it might be helpful to include the complete website address that will take you to the recommended article. It's pretty fast and easy to copy the web address and then paste it in "your respond". I know when I have an address I more likely to actually go read the information.

Thanks.
IMHO, I would look at a speaker's "impedance curve" in determing where or not it's "tube-friendly". If the impedance is relatively flat throughout the speaker's frequency range, with whatever deviations represented by smooth curves, than those speakers are likely to work well with tube amplifiers. If the "impedance curve" shows some sharp peaks and dips where the impedance is changing quickly, then a tube amplifier will probably have some problems dealing with those changes. I know Duke said the same thing I just said, but hopefully I said it in a way that some of us who are less "technically oriented" than others can understand.