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Sonus Faber Extremas

Heading to the CES and have high hopes for the Duetta by Wilson. Seems like the inverted titanim tweeter has been replaced, the only drawback I heard in the 7's and Sophias otherwise I would buy those speaker. Question is I enjoy tube amps and would appreciate any input on ayone who has owned Extremas. Demos are unlikely, they are hard enough to find let alone get a demo out here in South Fla. Could the Extremas be properly driven by amps or integrateds by Jadis or VAC? Sifting thru the threads Im reading 400 watts not being enough, and some even bridging to 800watts! Would a 60 watts Jadis class A or say the 130 watt VAC phi beta have enough current to make the extremas sing. Will throw in room size which I beleive is the key to this setup..20 wide 30 deep. Speakers maybe 6 feet away from wall. Listen only to Jazz and standards with a little classical on occasion. Thanks!
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raquel
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Extremas really suck power and you're better off going solid-state.

That said, the big VAC monoblocks (Renaissance 140's or 220 watt/channel KT-88 amps) will drive them -- they have excellent output transformers and power supplies -- but if you really want to use a tube amp with a speaker like that, the CAT amps are the best choice (because Ken Stevens uses far and away the best output transformers). I own Renaissance 140's.

I would go with something Rcprince alludes to, namely, a Class A-biased solid-state amp, like the Lamm and (especially) the Gryphon monoblocks, with Extremas.

There are previous threads on the topic of powering Extremas here on A-Gon and at Audio Asylum.
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