Amps that work well with Acoustic Zen Adagio


I'm picking up a pair of Adagio's and it has me thinking about the possibility of changing my electronics. I currently run an Audible Illusions Modulus 3 and Rawson built Aleph monobloks. Integrted is a possibility or just different power. My musical tastes are all over the map; classical, jazz, eclectic rock stuff (Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Dire Straits... but I occasionally crank up some ZZ Top as well!)

Lots of potential choices out there:
-LFD zero MkIII or MkIV
-BAT VK300
-Musical Fidelity A1008, KW500 or KW550
-ICE amps from Red Dragon, Bel Canto, H2O, Digital Amp, etc
-Plinius SA100, SA 201
-BAT VK200, VK220
-Audio Research 100.2, 150.2 or ?

I know, way too many possibilities! Just wondering about the things that folks may have had great success with in driving the Adagios. Appreciate the feedback!
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Showing 1 response by audiojedi

Apparently this speaker works well with a lot of amps so you'll have a lot of choices.

I went from a DK designs hybrid to the LFD LE II to an LFD NCSE.

Couldn't be happier, the LE II was great and the NCSE is essentially a punchier and more refined version. Even with the LE II they sounded great at low volumes and you could listen all day long and just keep going. Excellent tone and fun and exciting to listen to at the same time.

The LE III would likely be best value at this point by the looks of things, if you decide to go solid state you will not regret pairing the two together.

Apparently the Adagios work well with tubes as well, even a Manley Stingray would likely work well. As long as you don't go too low on power you should be fine.