Personally my first word of advice is to stop looking at specs (I know that in some cases that's all that available when no dealers are around). That being said I am not familiar with either amp you are looking at. All Dyns love good clean current not watts. I had a Byrston B100 for my C1's which was rated 180watts into 4 ohms. I now have an Octave tube integrated rated at 70watts into 4 ohms. The Octave has world more control than the Bryston. As far as solid state I had Naim on my short list for it sounded as if there was a lot more power than what it is rated at. I am a firm believer that you want to buy your speakers first them get an amp.
Driving Dynaudio Focus 220 IIs
Hello,
I will probably buy Dynaudio Focus 220 IIs.
I'm also looking at buying an amp. I like the two below because I can use them in either US or Europe (voltage switchable easily) and I can level-match sources.
Linn Majik-I (100 watts into 4 ohms, damping factor > 170)
Arcam A38 (140 watts into 4 ohms, damping factor 30)
I really wish I understood the science better -- I don't know what to look for to match speaker + amp choice.
Any thoughts on this choice? I can't AB compare the amps. Thank you!