Thanks all for great advice. With that in mind I will save up for the future and narrow my search to a tubed amplifier of at least 100 watts. That seems to be the sweet spot for these Vandersteens. In the meantime my wife pulled out her old Sony surround amp (I know) to use in the meantime. Maybe not magical yet but I now believe these speakers are good with most any decent 100+ watt amp that tends to the bright side. She was blown away with the sound. Upstairs are the Vandersteens while downstairs is a Unico SE amp with Opera speakers. Interesting to hear the very different sound between them but both are very musical. Perhaps I should sell one or the other setup but at this point I just love listening from one setup to another. Remember that it is the journey. Thanks to everyone again.
