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Tubes on Hales Transcendence 5?

Anyone know the impedence/efficiency on the hales transcendence 5? I know that they like some power, but I am considering the purchase of a tube amp. I do not want to waste the money if tubes won't drive them at all. I am currently running them with a Levinson 27.5 with good results, but would like to be able to switch back and forth. I just switched from a Krell preamp to a Joule-Electra and I am hooked on tubes. Any comments would be appreciated.
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stereokarter
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I've just sold my T5's...for T8's...and usd ARC VT100 II and III with quite good results. Yes, they can do best with power, especially if you listen to large scale dynamic material. The 5's are most suited to medium weight work and sound better with tubes as opposed to solidstate amps...unless you go to the kilobuck ss models. I imagine a Jeff Rowland 8ti would be good too!

My other amps. that worked quite well included Quad 606 (ss), and Beard P35 (t).

For the 8's I'll need lots more, though.
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