Tube amps and speaker ohms

Hiend2: I use 45 watts a side from a CJ CAV50 to drive my 86 dB Vandy 2Ce Sigs in a moderately sized room and I have very little trouble hitting my comfort zone of 80 dB in my listening position about 10 ft from them.

I don't know where you get that opinion unless you listen to Metallica at concert levels (120 dB), then it all makes sense.

>>No 40 watts will not drive a 89 db speaker<<

Not true.

Depends on the speaker and the amplifier.

My JOR is,, well the one I sold...is rated 40 watts "conservatively" as they say...does "manage" to drive the 89 db speakers. However since i never biaed the unit, I am not sure there was more highs it could have achieved. On jazz, pop, R7B there was authority. In big complex orch I was always looking for more authority. So the 40 watts was never enough to make the orch "bloom". This is the only reason I sold the amp and looked for more power. I was say a "normal" 40 watt tube amp is not going to deliver the goods on a 89 db speaker. I always felt there was more in the orch that was not comming through.

05-26-07: Bartokfan
My JOR is,, well the one I sold...is rated 40 watts "conservatively" as they say...does "manage" to drive the 89 db speakers. However since i never biaed the unit, I am not sure there was more highs it could have achieved.

You NEVER biased the tubes in your JOR? Thanks for admitting this. It completely invalidates every post you have ever made about your comparisons of different tubes, including your preference for the KT90.

When you receive your new tube amp, unless it's an autobias model, you MUST bias your tubes for the amplifier to sound as it's supposed to sound.

Inexperienced members of Audiogon who are looking for guidance read posts and take them as gospel, not realizing the egregious errors sometimes made during the testing and listening process.

Readers of your posts deserve better.

The guy who bought my JOR , who actually owned 2 previous JOR's said the amp "should/ought" to be biased every year. Take that up with him. I figured he knows what he is talking about. said tubes wear every yr and a slight bias adjustment 'could be made". Obviously take all my posts as though i am a learning newbee. I hope no one takes anything i say with too much seriousness. Just ideas to open discussion. We can all learn something here. You too.