Quote Originally Posted by nightflier
I am about to acquire a pair of hand-me-down monoblock tube amps. I am entirely new to tube amps and don't know the first thing about how they will sound, but I am curious. The problem (?) is that they are just 8 watts each. What kind of speakers do I use for these? I have a pair of Klipsch RB5-II's and a pair of Axiom MT22's that are both suposed to be very efficient, but will the amps be enough? If not, what are some of my other options?

Is have the tubes checked. An 8 watt amp is not going to be very good with tired tubes. I would get a second set of tubes anyway as a backup.

Your speaker choices are not as limited as it would seem, but you will not be able to listen to music at volume with many of them.

Probably the best speakers for low powered tube are are horn loaded, and single driver speakers that employ no crossovers. I've seen a few exotic examples, the most interesting being the Aventgarde Uno. There's a set of Lowther Medallions up on AudiogoN for less than a grand. I've never heard them but it's an interesting design. I really like the sound of single driver speakers. I use them in my computer setup and it sounds great.