Tube Monoblocks for Revel Studis


Hello out there.
love these speakers but wondering if anyone out there is driving them with tubes. if so, what power rating are your amps and how do you like the match?
Any information on past or present amps that would mate well with these speakers would be appreciated
Also, amps that look as cool as the speakers are a plus.
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I went with Harmonic Precision HP mono amps. Not tube but incredibly efficient with tube like sound. Incredibly due to the efficiency these amps run very cool and are low wpc, which superficially turned me off in building a new main system. I was looking at the big levinson monos and thought I needed rated power. Obviously tubes kill that idea. These amps have huge dynamic power. The weird thing is that over a year down the line I still think they are openning up. They took an extensive dedicated breakin period. Anyone who thinks breakin is bogus ought to have heard the difference. My wife commented after a week breakin that she thought I had gotten a new piece of equipment again and at least this one sounded very good.
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Power isn't really the issue. I thought it was but to some extent it is the dynamic quality of the sound produced by the amps. There are several low power rated tubes which can fill the bill here. In the case of my selection the power is not high at all, but the sound is big.