What tube amp to drive Guarneri's?

My current amp is a Rowland Model 8 with choke. It drives the SF Guarneri's very well and sounds great. However, I would like to add a tube amp that would compliment the speakers, what suggestions?

daveyf03-12-2007 1:38am

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gregm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,021 posts 03-12-2007 at 10:02am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What do you mean "add" a tube amp?? Play the two amps in parallel?? Or one tube amp for full-range? If the latter, and having tried a few -- but obviously not all -- tubes the only model that sounded OK was a KR sporting one big 611 tube/channel. Dunno what it;s called, but it's distinctive. Why not stick to your Rowland?
tarsando Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 578 posts 03-12-2007 at 01:54am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If it sounds "great" why switch?
daveyf OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,174 posts 03-12-2007 at 04:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Guess I should have elaborated on "add". I am going to keep my Rowland since the amp is so good and I want to swap out with a tube amp to get tube sound vs. the ss sound of the Rowland. The Rowland sounds great but like all ss amps, I am fairly sure that it does not sound like a tube amp and apparently the SF's like tubes.

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