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Tube or SS for Vocals/Strings

I am wondering if I should pair a tube amp with my arro's if most of my listening is classical? I also like opera, baroque, romantic, etc. I am a cellist and so I listen to a lot of strings but I also like vocals. Yann Tiersen is my favorite artist/composer and so I want something that boosts all the arros' strengths and is completely musically involving. ideas?
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czbbcl
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I would agree with the previous poster in recommending tubes and IMO a cj premier 140, assuming your speakers are fairly efficient, would fit the bill quite nicely. I also love / enjoy baroque music and nothing does the midrange and high frequency realism like tubes do. Having said that I am very please with my cj premier 350ss driving my thiels with a tubed pre-amp.

Chuck
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czbbcl
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Baroque lover

What exactly are the specs for your speakers? You make mention of arro's but I/we need to know specific's before anyone can recommend a power amp especially a tube power amp. Specs like efficency and impedence or impedence irregularities would be very helpful. I myself know nothing about arro's.
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czbbcl
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Those arro speakers have similar characteristcs to my thiels and I can tell you that a flee power SET amp is not going to drive them. I had a cj premier 11a (70wpc) driving my thiels for a short time and while it did an admirable job it simply did not have the juice necessary to really make them sing. Therfore I still think a premier 140 (140wpc) would do a wonderful job driving your arros.

Chuck
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