[jdmoorman]

Seems like most speakers for small environments are powered.
I have my own low power tube amp, so I'm looking for small high efficiency speakers which can produce clean, transparent balanced sound at low volumes.
Has anyone set up a similar system?

 

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Seems like most speakers for small environments are powered.
I have my own low power tube amp, so I'm looking for small high efficiency speakers which can produce clean, transparent balanced sound at low volumes.
Has anyone set up a similar system?

Unfortunately there is a fashion now for speakers with amplifiers built into them.
 
I think that having the amplifier separate from the speakers is a very good idea
 
With a low power amplifier I think most of the dynamic speakers will work fine in a near-field listening environment.
 
I think you could pick up something very good second-hand.
 
I actually use a pair of Rogers db101s which are no longer made unfortunately, but they are a good example of the reasonably efficient small speakers that can be bought second-hand quite cheaply.