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60 watt Rogue Tubes for Vandersteen 3A Signatures

I own 3A Signatures and have a chance to get a 60 watt Rogue tube amp. Will the Rogue drive the Vandies okay? The least I've ever used with them is around 100 watts, but that was solid state.
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narrod
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Tvad, OK. I'm just sharing my experience with the speakers and lots of different amps. That's what I heard.

Wendell
tvad
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03-14-10: Narrod
Tvad, OK. I'm just sharing my experience with the speakers and lots of different amps. That's what I heard.
Narrod, from your experience with the speakers, what amps sounded best and what amps didn't work as well.

Can you be specific about models and power specs?

Thanks.
unsound
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The specs seem to differ a bit from the measurements:

http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/128/index6.html
tvad
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From the Vandersteen 3A Signature website:

RECOMMENDED AMPLIFICATION
100 to 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms.
The amplifier must be stable into a 4 ohm load.

If the manufacturer recommends a minimum of 100wpc, then I'd give that serious consideration.
unsound
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Agreed! It's been my experience that the old audiophile axiom that one should double the recommended minimum power, holds true much more often than not.
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