DQ10s and tubes?

jaymanaa

RIP 1961-2018
Hey all, I have a question for the speaker guys. I rebuilt a pair of DQ10s, the later mirror image ones. I used the DQ cap upgrade kit, and Advent surrounds for the refoam. Apparently DQ uses the same woofer as the large Advent. I got rid of the plastic piezo tweeter in favor of a 600hz Edgar horn that uses the piezo's taps off the x-over. I'm powering them with a Sansui AU919 that EW worked his magic on several years ago (it still sounds fantastic). I'd like to try it on some tube power though, just to see how they would do. I can't seem to find much info on these speakers, such a damping requirements, etc.. They don't seem to be very power hungry according to the volume knob position (highly technical, I know). I guess my question is, has anyone ever run DQ10s off tubes, and iif so, how much power? I'm wondering iF 6BQ5s would be enough, or if I would want (or need) 6L6S 0R 7591S? Winter will be here soon enough, so I'm already thinking about my space heater. :)
 
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