Best Integrated amp for my ProAc

The Proac Tablettes are truly great sounding speakers for the price/size. My local dealer has hooked them up to some silly expensive electronics for shootouts, and with each incremental improvement of components, such as a better DAC, the difference can clearly be heard. This attests to the ability of the speaker.

I have heard them sound particularly nice with the tube integrted amps from the Italian firm Synthesis. I have not heard them with other reasonably priced gear, but, I bet they would sound decent with a wide range of gear. They seem to be quite tube friendly even though they are not very high in efficiency.

Kazuhito,

You can find some information about Synthesis at:

http://www.synthesis.co.it/prime.php

If you are looking at solid state, a possible candidate is Lavardin. I have heard their integrated amp driving Harbeth speakers and the combination was quite good. I also happen to like Ayre for solid state gear.

My preference for speakers like the Tablettes, provided you don't need to play them at extreme volume, would be for lower-powered tube gear. There are quite a few decent brands out there, such as Prima Luna, Cayin, Ayon and Audio Space that will work quite well with the Tablettes. These speakers are good enough to be worthy of some really good amplification.

At the Washington DC Capital Audiofest, the Tablettes were set up as the only speaker system in a room that delivered some of the best sound at the show. In one sense, this was a deceptive display because the components driving the speakers were crazy good (including a $89,000 Audionote digital to analogue converter), but, this does demonstrate that the speakers are capable of performing well beyond what one would expect if given the opportunity.