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Amp for kef reference 1

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I recently purchased a pair of kef reference 1's.  I had heard these and fell in love.  I had a chance to purchase a few weeks ago and the pairing with my musical fidelity m6i just doesn't work.  Having said that I LOVE this amp, but it doesn't seem right for this application.  It was a fantastic pairing with my totem forests, but this is no longer ideal.  The M6i also works seamlessly with my bryston bda dac.  This really added to the former kit, but these kef's are fussy.  Does anyone have any recommendations?  The hegel h360 keeps popping up, but does anyone have any other suggestions? Also, does anyone have any ideas as to why this musical fidelity is not working with this speaker?
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I'm using an Ayre VX-5 Twenty to drive my Reference 1s, and it seems to be a good pairing.  I had thought them best suited to jazz and baroque, but adding a pair of bass-managed Velodyne HGS-15s crossed at 80 Hz produced the big sound for large orchestrations.  The efficacy of pairing the speakers with the subs surprised me, almost magic.

I use an Ayre A7e integrated with my LS50s.  I think that pairing sounds great.  Jazz, from brushwork to plucked bass, is portrayed particularly well.
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