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Amp for Aerial speakers?

My current speakers are NHT SuperTwo's for the front and rear surrounds, with an NHT VT1C center, and Velodyne HGS-18 sub. I will be receiving an Aerial CC5 center channel speaker next week, and will then later (end of year) upgrade the front surrounds to Aerial LR5's, and the rears to Aerial SR3's. My preamp is a Lexicon MC-1, and my amps are two ATI 1506's that I'm running in bridged mode. I have the opportunity to purchase a new Theta Dreadnaught at a great price, and was wondering which amp would be a better match for the Aerials? I did hear the Aerials with the Dreadnaught at the dealer's showroom, and the combination sounded great, so much so that I went ahead and ordered the CC5. I haven't had the chance yet to hear it with the ATI amps though. Thanks for any input.
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I've chosen BAT, which cranks tons of current into my 10Ts. I've always heard about the Aerials needing power, but find that the 200W into 4 ohms from my VK-200 is ample. The BAT never seems to run out of juice, and I can feel that I'm on the edge of ear damage without straining the amp.

Tonally the VK-200 is a beautiful match, DEEEEP bass, and very smooth midrange. Great dimensionality and soundstaging. I'd check out the VK-6200. It's muti-channel capable and BAT is a great company. Victor Khomenko and the gang are really good people. Rest of my system is the VPI Aries/JMW arm, CAL CL-15 CD, BAT VK-30 Pre, Audio Magic Spellcaster IIs. I'm thrilled with the setup.
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