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What Bruce said at Number 7.
FWIW I built a 2 x 6L6 5F6A variant last year (I'd say it does about 35-40W, but I never bothered measuring it) and it goes okay with 2 x 25w greenbacks. The harder you push speakers, the better they sound (up to a point).
Speakers with too much buffer in the rating don't break up as well, and ultimately as power rating goes up and amp power stays the same, those big speakers aren't as responsive because all the extra reinforcing built into the spider and the cone works against the work being done by the coil/magnet, and you loose highs etc. I have tested this on some of my own amps so that's my 2CW
FWIW I built a 2 x 6L6 5F6A variant last year (I'd say it does about 35-40W, but I never bothered measuring it) and it goes okay with 2 x 25w greenbacks. The harder you push speakers, the better they sound (up to a point).
Speakers with too much buffer in the rating don't break up as well, and ultimately as power rating goes up and amp power stays the same, those big speakers aren't as responsive because all the extra reinforcing built into the spider and the cone works against the work being done by the coil/magnet, and you loose highs etc. I have tested this on some of my own amps so that's my 2CW
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