I have the 25s in my second system, which I pieced together with used equipment that I am intimately familiar with. The front end is a Theta Miles CD player with variable balanced analog outputs (available for around $1100 used). It drives an Aragon 8008BB balanced power amp (available for around $1300 used) directly via Straight Wire Maestro balanced interconnects. The amp drives the 25s via Maestro speaker cables, and the 25s sit on 24" Osiris stands filled with a mix of #8 lead shot and dry playground sand. The Theta Miles and the Aragon 8008BB are a marriage made in heaven, easily embarrasing combinations 3 to 4 times their retail price. I substituted my Krell FPB400cx for the Aragon just for kicks, and was grossly disappointed in the result. The Aragon isn't the poor man's Krell like the reviewers used to say - it's a Krell killer. I also substituted my Levinson No. 390S for the Miles, and realized the expected improvement in detail and clarity. But for a second system, I'll stack the 25/Miles/8008BB combo up against 90% of the main systems out there.
