Ooo Decware Tube Tots! Haven’t seen many of those in the wild and there aren’t many reviews. How do you like them? (Sorry to be off topic)
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Here are a few words about the tube tots written by our friend Camus;
I very much enjoy the Tube-Tots, it’s because i have a variety of equipment and 2 different rooms i get to play them in and have been able to experience them with enough variety and positioning 
By pure chance i happen to have them in rotation as i type this reply, they are keepers as far as I’m concerned and at their price point are more than worthwhile addition to any collection that includes a variety of speakers purpose built for various styles of listening enjoyment. Very easy to power and easily integrated into various size and styles of rooms.
Folks in this hobby are very finicky and there are so many thousands of speakers to choose from it’s very difficult to make choices if you are not familiar w/ the general characteristics of the various styles of speaker. The Tube-Tots perform well as a small stature, crossover-less design, in a nice enclosure, priced appropriately in the lower cost quadrant. Very good value if used for their strengths with some decently mated equipment.
Mine are currently being powered by a Decware 341.5 (6wpc) amplifier and Sonnet Pasithea DAC.
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This is fascinating, thanks for sharing! In your opinion, what are their strengths?
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Incredibly fast, and capable of tight imaging, taught bass but in my home I prefer to blend them w/ subwoofers for proper low end impact and more depth to the overall presentation and soundstage.
The top end is not fatiguing and very clean but will not compare to the air and extension top quality tweeters will bring out.
The midrange and tone are excellent making the speakers a joy for someone whose preference is moderate volume for the likes of jazz, blues, indie, folk and the like especially if used w/ amplifiers whose own prowess and character are voiced in the same fashion. For example the speakers mated extremely well with my Decware 341.5, First Watt Sit-3 and Lance Cochrane Miss Scarlet VII (6L6).
When I use these speakers I’m usually listening to music as opposed to playing with my equipment. They are not high end resolution beasts but also don’t pretend to play with that class of speakers. I don’t find they require much effort on set-up, placement, and seating arrangement in my rooms, I find them easy to get into a sweet spot, power up and just sit back enjoying music, not necessarily listening for every nuance that can be squeezed out of a high end system.
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