Avantgarde Trios, SETs, and Impedance Curves


Has anyone ever seen an actual impedance curve plot for the Avantgarde Trios? I am about to acquire a 3 year old pair and need to find a great amp to drive them. I suppose conventional wisdom would be to use an SET of some kind. However, to perform their best, SETs really require a relatively flat impedance curve. So, I guess what I'd like to know is how badly does the Trio impedance fluctuate with frequency, and/or, empirically, what amps have Trio owners used that have rendered awesome performance?

How about it, Trio owners, any advice for a new Trio guy? Any feedback would me most appreciated!

Dean
theloveman

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For my TRIO Omega with a pair of Basshorns, I am using a pair of Antiphon Monolith 300B SET monoblocks. The Antiphons produce 7.5 perfect watts with lots of current reservoir (its power transformer is 600 watt capacity) Due to its enormous power reservoir and huge damping factor, it can drive a speaker with a very difficult impredance curve. I have directly and indirectly tried many amplifiers for Avantgardes, but nothing comes even close to the performance of Antiphons when it comes to driving a highly efficient speakers with huge drivers (15 inches or larger)such as Tannoy Westminster Royal HE, etc.
One of my friend is also using the Antiphons to drive his pair of Wilson Watt/Puffy speakers(known as a very difficult impedance load despite of its good efficiency at 92dB). The Antiphons surprisingly replaced his former amplifier, Boulder 2060 stereo amplifier. My other firends are satisfactorily using the Antiphons for Avalon Eidolons and Rockport Technology Antares.
As you can denote from the above instances, the Antiphons are outstanding at driving a speaker with highly fluctuating impedance curve.
If you want more reference or photos, please let me know.