Amp recommendation for Martin Logan Odyssey speakers


It's time to upgrade my aging Adcom GTP-500 pre-amp and GFA-545 amp.

I'm looking for recommendations for a new amp.  My speakers are Martin Logan Odysseys with a Descent subwoofer.

I also have a Oppo UDP-205 and a Technics SL-1600 turntable.

I listen to probably 60-65% classical music, especially piano, with the rest being rock and occasionally some vocals like Diana Krall.

Much of the time I play a CD or SACD on my Oppo, but also play some vinyl.  I also have thousands of CDs ripped onto my iMac which I play back through an Airport Express and its optical output fed into my Oppo.   Occasionally I also stream with Spotify or Qobuz through the wireless network using the Oppo.

I am planning on a 2-channel amp.  As I have no experience with tubes, probably solid state.  Although I occasionally play Blu-Ray videos and stream videos at times, for my use, I think I would probably be better off sticking with a 2-channel stereo amp rather than try to go with multiple channels.  It would be nice to have some additional speakers for the SACDs but I figure it makes more sense to get a A/V unit and some smaller amps in the future if I decide to get a center channel and surround speakers. Although a 3-channel amp might fit the bill ...

My budget is $6-10,000.    I plan on listening to a McIntosh, probably the MC152 and MC312.   I have also read good things about the Pass Labs, perhaps the X250.8 and will try to locate that to listen to as well.   At this point I am not sure if I will get a pre-amp as well (tube or solid state) or try to do something with what I currently have and use the Oppo for its DAC.

Any suggestions for these or any other amps that I should consider with these speakers would be greatly appreciated. 
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Showing 1 response by nordicnorm

Have a look at Coincident  211PP Dragon MK. II monoblocks:
http://www.coincidentspeaker.com/mpsip_amps.html (scroll down to the bottom of the page)

$11,000
Output Power: 75 watts RMS - 300 watts peak (Triode) / Push-Pull Class A
Output Impedance: 8ohm
Frequency Response: 20hz-20khz ±1db
T.H.D.: <1%, 20hz-20khz (Ref. Output)
Input Sensitivity: 700 MV
Input Impedance: 100k ohm
S/N: >90db
Tubes: (6EM7×1, 300B×1, 211×2) / Channel