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Best amp for Avalon Eidolon speakers?

Just bought a pair of Avalon Eidolon speakers through Audiogon (they're glorious !) and am looking for an ideal amplifier match. I've heard Accuphase and Jeff Rowland Model 12s mentioned as good matches. At present I have a Theta Dreadnaught II 5-channel amp with a Lexicon 12B preamp, and Nordost SPM cables and interconnects. I listen mostly to classical, jazz, and vocals. Any suggestions? Lloydj  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-02-03

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 02-02-03   Try atma-sphere ma-2 or large cat amps. i personally prefer ...   Siddh 02-02-03   I heard them driven by a pair of spectral monos (don't know ...   Gingko 02-02-03   I think that large tube amplifiers will produce the best res ...   Audiomgu 02-02-03: Albertporter The Avalon Diamonds were driven at CES by Tenor or Lamm. Sound there and with Kharma Midi and Rockport were the rooms that stood out. All three were using Tenor or Lamm and all with Audio Aero CD players driving the amps direct, if I remember correctly. Try to demo the Tenors and Lamm's, along with the Atmasphere's already suggested here. I think it worth a shot to listen to the Wolcotts ( properly tubed out ). These provide amazing results on my Soundlabs. The Wolcott would be a relief for your budget after having just purchased Avalon's. At least half retail the others, and a third the price of the big Atmasphere. Albertporter  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-02-03   The atma-sphere ma-2's are a good match with the eidolon's h ...   Rushton 02-02-03   I second the spectrals if you're interested in fast solid st ...   Flex 02-03-03   I too have heard the avalons with spectral and a wadia sourc ...   Metonymie 02-03-03   I have a budget(?) avalon radian setup that i just put toget ...   Shubertmaniac 02-03-03   A follow-up on shubertmaniac's preamp comment. it sounds f ...   Flex 02-03-03   Hi, if you decide to go with tubes i can highly recommend th ...   Trcnetmsncom 02-03-03   I owned eidolons (sold them to move to the diamonds- btw, if ...   Linkster 02-03-03   Mes used eidolons with the accuphase 50s as monoblocks...... ...   Rcrump 02-03-03   Although flex is correct, the dmc30sl is a much better pream ...   Shubertmaniac 02-03-03   Albert, according to avalon site they had 3 rooms this year: ...   Nar_com 02-03-03   Agreed, nar com. the tenor and lamms were shown with kharm ...   Flex 02-03-03   Kharma was my first choice at ces, avalon diamond was a clos ...   Albertporter 02-03-03   Albert, the kharma's just might fill your room. before movi ...   Germanboxers 02-03-03   Your comments are encouraging. the kharma i was so fond of ...   Albertporter 02-03-03   Albert, you should have been around on wednesday when they h ...   All_ears 02-03-03   The rockport was good when i heard them, but not as magic as ...   Albertporter 02-03-03   Perhaps some will disagree, but i found the tenors very bass ...   All_ears 02-04-03   Thanks to all of you who have commented so far for sharing y ...   Lloydj 02-04-03   Regarding the 2003 ces displays using eidolons. according t ...   Lloydj 07-18-03   Lloyd: you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not listening ...   Jayme 07-18-03   Lloyd, i honestly don't believe there is a single best ...   Flex

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