Efficient speakers for 8W Valvle amp £200

depends how loud you want it to play. in a smaller room a pair of 89-90 dB/W speakers would suffice and at the price you are looking at something like JPW AP2's or AP3's would be ok. you'll need stands for these so £200 might cover all of it.

Which 8W amp is it?
 
How's your German, Matthew?

Over here in Germany, there's a pretty large undergound movement (so large that it's spilling over into magazines) advocating the use of Saba Greencones. They are broadband drivers from old Saba tube radios from the 50ies.

Get a pair of those off ebay.de for 40-80 quid, put them into a reasonably large pair of cabinets (12 or 19 mm birch ply) or better still open baffles and you have a surprisingly decent speaker for naff all money. Sensitivity works out at around 92 dB.

Or spend a bit more money on some Visaton, Ciare, Omnes Audio or Fostex drivers for broadly similar results.
 
good shout Markus. I hadn't thought of those, yet have a friend in Germany who is into that stuff and getting very nice results from them. It just hasn't happened here as there are no Saba's
 
Markus Sauer said:
How's your German, Matthew?

Over here in Germany, there's a pretty large undergound movement (so large that it's spilling over into magazines) advocating the use of Saba Greencones. They are broadband drivers from old Saba tube radios from the 50ies.

Get a pair of those off ebay.de for 40-80 quid, put them into a reasonably large pair of cabinets (12 or 19 mm birch ply) or better still open baffles and you have a surprisingly decent speaker for naff all money. Sensitivity works out at around 92 dB.

Or spend a bit more money on some Visaton, Ciare, Omnes Audio or Fostex drivers for broadly similar results.
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greencones' prices has gone into orbit now. i saw a pair recently gone for more than 500E.
 

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