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Suitable affordable speakers for Cary Cad 805AE

Hi Dear Fellows!!I bought a pair of second hand Cary Cad 805 AE monoblocks amplifiers.I consider myself lucky because this is not the sort of stuff you usually get for cheap money.The issue is that as I have not enought money to buy the wonderfull Tannoy westminster Royale or at least a Prestige series, I came accros to a pair of Thiel cs 1.5 speakers, and knowing that they had wonderful reviews and were affordable, I bought them.They sound very controlled, wright in timber and soundstage.Everything ok till here.The issue that bothers me a lot is that , as they are 4ohms, 3nominal, and 86db; after hearing a 5 or 6 hours in a weekend the power and output transformers of the cary amps get really hot.I'm very worried if these low sensivity and low impedance speakers could damage my power amps.Cary cad have the 4ohms binding posts, but I red that speakers of 8ohms and 90db sensivity will make the job easier for cary cad amps.
Has anyone used theese amps with thiels or other speakers of 4ohms?
Should I changed my speakers for the health of my amps?
If so,  could you recommend me a suitable speaker in the range of 2k-3k dollars to match theese marvellous amps?

Any experiences and suggestions will be highly appreciated!!!

Many thanks in advance!!

Cheers!

Raf
rafael0054
roberjerman
2,086 posts
 
Letting your Cary SET amps transformers get hot will damage them eventually! Warm is acceptable - NOT HOT! Too much current going through that iron! Find a tech that can check the operating condition of the amps (leaky coupling caps ...). And the Thieles do suck up a lot of current - tube amps are current-limited! Lastly, a SET 211 or 845 can only put out less than 20 watts at 1% distortion!
ctsooner
2,104 posts
 
I've heard those with the Vandersteen 1's and 2's (both well within your range) and they were rocked by your amp.  It's a really sweet amp and pairs nicely with Steen's.  You can find plenty of happy owners of both on AG I'm sure.  Very strong pairing with either.  
rafael0054 OP
97 posts
 
Hi fellows!
Many thanks for your advices!
Actually, I spoke to my technician he told me that heat in a class A power amp is normal, the issue is that 211 tubes are the less dissipative ones in the world tube, so that said the direct consequence is Heat in the amp.So may be I should take it easy and accept it is ok.
Regarding suitable speakers, has anyone tried monitor audio gold 200 floorstander with cary cad or any other tube amp?They seems to be a good option.
Regarding the Living Voice speakers ,rather than save money I should win the Lottery!!Hehe!!
Any suggestions will be appreciated!

Raf

ctsooner
2,104 posts
 
You will need to go listen. I have found them to be a bit fatiguing to my ears, but I have a few friends who like them.  The nice thing is that the amps are not hot on top so it could potential match.
gerdessc
10 posts
 
@rafael0054  I've owned a pair of Monitor Audio Golds for a little over a year now and quite like them.  They replaced a pair of B&W 704s I enjoyed for over a decade.  I can see how some think they are too bright...for starters they took awhile to break in, but also they didn't come alive dimensionally until quite loud, which was unpleasant with a newer Rotel 1570 I had used with the Bowers' which was a nice match.

To remedy this, I paired the MA Gold 200s with a Primaluna Prologue Premum and to the extent either the speakers or amp have shortcommings, I find them to perfectly offset and be a great match.  I imagine the same would result from Cary equipment.  

For reference I also listen on LS50/Peachtree Nova 125, and old school Rotel integrated/Focal Aria bookshelves. 
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