Devore O/96 with high powered amplifiers

I like blue meters and the volumn nob.enjoy the music.

Through experience have found more powerful amps can really bring efficient speakers alive, especially ones like the Devore’s.  What you will have to pay more attention to is the gain across everything in your set up.  If you use XLR’s natural has a higher gain.  Higher powered SS amps can be more sensitive to gain and if fed higher gain can really highlight the hum and or any type of noise finding its way into your system.  That said, attenuation can solve the issue.  They sell high quality attenuators that you can place between your pre and amp that would solve any issues if you can’t solve them using the gain settings on your pre or on other devices in the chain.  I found the attenuators to be more effective than gain adjustment for some reason.  My speakers are efficient but definitely sound better with more powerful amps. 

Low power Jazz and small scale, keep the power for large scale.  I had the O/93 with a little Leben and a bigger Coda. I liked things about both.

The low power tubes will just sound incredible through the speaker. You will hear the magic of the amp. The power will grip the speaker and fill the room with a different sound. Some amps can grip the speaker the wrong way, or at least with a signature that might not agree with you. 

Best of luck with them!

What can I expect to hear?.......

BOOM!!  ;)

It seems clear that there is little risk in pairing with a high powered amplifier, provided that I don't overdrive the speakers.  At the same time, I may be surprised by the sound quality, especially the low end impact.

Has anyone else tried a Quicksilver amp with the Devore O/96?