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Dartzeel or Tenor for Marten Coltrane speakers???

All,

I've recently bought pair Marten Coltrane speakers and the next proces will be to optimise my amps.

I currently use the Levinson 33H, Nr 32 combo but am not sure if that is the best combo to go with my Marten speakers.

The two amp that came to mind are the Dartzeel combo or Tenor (not sure which pre-amp to take than).

Anyone to advise me on a great amp and pre amp?

Thanks for your help.
maxx1973

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bfjohansson
17 posts
 
The Coltrane sounds great with Vitus, Jorma Koski uses his modded Coltranes with Vitus with great results. I also like them with Krell.

Lamm wouldn't be my first choice, even though I've just heard the Coltranes with the 2.2. The Coltranes are not an easy load! I'm not that impressed with the Beowolf/Coltrane combo either though I know some people are. By the way, the speaker was not designed with Beowolf, the amp came out a couple of years after the speaker. I know that Leif has been using EAR in the past and they also work well.
bfjohansson
17 posts
 
Talking about cost, Jorma has also rewired his pair internally with Prime. An option which I think Marten can do on request.
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