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Hello Johnny. It is rather amazing how these unassuming little amps have such big-league sonics, isn't it? Welcome to the club.
You need two things. First, at Torii for the Ospreys. (Those speakers look bad ass, by the way.) Second, a pair of high sensitivity single driver speakers to unleash your SE84C and let it show what it can really do.
With the Ospreys you will get to know your zen's clipping characteristics in a very up front and personal way. There is only so much you can squeeze out of two watts, particularly with passive crossover bits (minimal that they are), and the somewhat low sensitivity t-line woofer loading. Realistically, you will be limited to rather low spl playback. It is what it is.
In the meantime, while you enjoy the little se84's sweetness at modest volumes, maybe double check how much mileage on the power tubes. Tired tubes will result in lower output and earlier onset of distortion. I get about two years of heavy use out of the output tubes before freshies are notably better sounding. Yours is about that age, and you did not mention if it had fresh tubes or not. Another suggestion is to put the input tube bias switch in the more laid back sounding setting, as that will push the onset of clipping slightly higher on the volume control.
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