Tube amps for Horn speakers.......


Hello to all that read this and try to help me. I come to this website everyday and see whats going on but am afraid to ask questions as for I am a so called "newbie" in the audio world.
I have a pair of Klipsch Klf-30's that are bi-amped with a Adcom GFA 55511(for the bottom) and a B&K ST2140 for the top. The Adcom I think is slowly dying, but thats ok since I havent done anything to it in 12 years. I would like to do an all tube system but dont know what to get that would still give me the volume and power that I am used to.
Could a lower powered tube amp be used for the top and a maybe say a pair of mono's for the bottom work?

Would like to do this without spending an arm an a leg if at all possible.

Anthem Pre1
Onkyo cd player
Signal interconnects
Cardas Quadlink 5c speaker cable

Any thoughts or ideas are more than welcomed and thank you in advance

RILEY804
riley804

Showing 1 response by ezmeralda11

That first line made me laugh Bob. At least someone else is ok with SS on horns like. But, no, really riley there's nothing wrong with adcom-for what it is. They're not great but i think they're ok and the fact you held onto one amp for 12 years....-4 years is my longest. If you're set on keeping your klipsch you might want to also consider a nice stereo only amp for the same money like johns said, or at least do some a/b comparisons between a single stereo amp and a biamp setup of comparable price and hear for yourself. Biamping can really be good-it just comes downs to specifics at a price point and on better stereo amp v. two cheaper ones? Generally, I'm a bit less enthused with monos though since they don't do much better performance wise and double alot of parts costs (although there are exceptions). The difference between 100db channel seperation and infinite channel separation is not audible. The dyna st-70 recommended above is a good choice and you'll find a never ending slew of people offering improvements to stock versions--soundvalves.com, avahifi.com, tnt-audio.com, and i know there's more in the archives. Its kind of hard to reap the full benefits of biamping w/ passive xovers and no electronic ones. One good stereo amp (and maybe sell the B&K???) plus a little dynamat in the cabinets and on the backs of the horns could wake up the system quite a bit. my 2 cents.