Amplifier for Sonus Faber Guarneri EVO's

Congrats. I have owned the original Guarneris and then the Strads so have some familiarity with SF. I have heard all the SF speakers and auditioned a few quite seriously except the Fenice/Sonus Faber (limited edition of 30).

My comments are based more on the original, but I have spent a reasonable amount of time with your Evos.

In general, I found that the Guarneri Evo sounded 'great' with lots of medium to high powered tubes and solid state equipment. What I also found is that it responds surprisingly well to high current amplification in the bass and control. So don't necessarily stick with medium power only...it will put high quality high current to good use.

For some reason, the only caution I personally had was with using powerful SS that was not really really mellifluous...I always like the Krell Evo400 with the non-Homage series SF, but never with the Homage series.

OTOH, I love SF Homage series and Gryphon Class A SS.

If I were to come up with suggestions, depending on your budget, my two fav would be:
- CJ ARTsa
- Gryphon Diablo
Also:
- ARC75
- Berning (which Franco Serblin used to use on his Strads)

One man's opinion. Good luck.

Congrats...sounds like a beautiful setup. Look forward to reading about it after everything is setup hopefully tomorrow. Congrats and enjoy.

Speaking for myself, gents, ownership of an SF Guarneri is owning a collector's item, a true piece of audio history, a gem. Looking back through all the names and models that have come and gone...Quads ESL57, Apogee Grand, Infinity IRS, Wilson X-series, I personally feel the Guarneri is surely on the short list in the hall of greats.

It is a fantastic speaker line from the original all the way through to its current incarnation. Congrats to you and enjoy...look forward to hearing about them when setup and nicely settled in.