MonasticMike wrote:

Hopefully this is where this thread should go. I've driven them with various 35-50 watt mid level amps and as much as I really like these speakers I feel like I am not getting their best.

SO I am looking at amplification in the 100wpc range:
Rogue Cronus Magnum 2
Yamaha A-s2100
?

I've heard that Naim pairs well with them, also Creek. No dealers for either in my area.

I'm leary about not having any tone controls (not that I make but tiny adjustments - but some of my old dub plates are mixed really hot).

Open to suggestions!

P.S. I really like the sense of depth and the crispness and the speed I'm currently getting, just looking to beef up the lower mids (where the impedance drops to 4-ish) and a touch more bass.

The Musical Fidelity amplifiers are really special; they make the music come through.

The Musical Fidelity M2si is only $999 from Audio Advisor and has plenty of power for those speakers (130 watts per ch at 4 ohms). IMO nothing even comes close until you spend around twice as much money.

Audio Advisor gives you 30 days to try it out and return at no charge if desired, so you can't lose (but you won't return it...lol).

MonasticMike][quote=commsysman wrote:

MonasticMike wrote:

Hopefully this is where this thread should go. I've driven them with various 35-50 watt mid level amps and as much as I really like these speakers I feel like I am not getting their best.

SO I am looking at amplification in the 100wpc range:
Rogue Cronus Magnum 2
Yamaha A-s2100
?

Its 75 at 8ohms which is how the a speakers are rated. I'm not sure 50% more power is really going to do what I want it to do unless it has 4 ohm specific taps to hook to.

If you look at a frequency vs impedance curve for your speakers, you will find that they are less than 6 ohms at some frequencies, so you should really look at the 4 ohm rating of any amplifier.
For example, if you look at the graph published by Stereophile in their review, your speaker impedance is between 4 and 6 ohms from 100 to 400 Hz, which would explain why an amp that is rated at 8 ohms would seem to be lacking in the mid-bass region with those speakers.

MonasticMike wrote:

Agreed. And with the some amps having dedicated 4 ohm taps I bet I can get much more out of that. In theory at least

Only tube amplifiers have "4 ohm taps", because they have output transformers to try and avoid a mismatch.

This is not required with solid-state amps; they don't need an output tranformer because their output impedance is usually much less than 1 ohm and this is not an issue.