60 Tube watt mono blocks enough for 805 Nautilus

[Foohead]

Hi All,
I have a pair of B&W 805 Nautilus speakers. I have a stereo tube amp now and would like to try mono blocks.
Do you think 60 watts per mono is enough for the 805's?
I listen mainly to jazz, and not very loud.

 

[Pacha]

Hi All,
I have a pair of B&W 805 Nautilus speakers. I have a stereo tube amp now and would like to try mono blocks.
Do you think 60 watts per mono is enough for the 805's?
I listen mainly to jazz, and not very loud.

Not an exact comparison but, I happily drove B&W 801D's with a 75 watt stereo tube amp. Did it get better with more power? Yes but, at reasonable levels Jazz and Chamber music was very pleasant.

 

[Foohead]

Wow, 801's with 75...well the 60 should be fine for me and my lil 805's!

 

[deardorff8x10]

Hi All,
I have a pair of B&W 805 Nautilus speakers. I have a stereo tube amp now and would like to try mono blocks.
Do you think 60 watts per mono is enough for the 805's?
I listen mainly to jazz, and not very loud.

I used the ARC VT60 and Shindo Montille (~20W) stereo amps with a pair for a number of years and it seemed great to me. They even sort of worked with 300b SETs, but couldn't go really loud. They are in storage now, but I would like to try them again with my ARC 160M monoblocks in triode mode.