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Which Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica 3 Speaker

I own a pair of SF Olympica 3 speakers and have narrowed my choices to 2 amplifiers. My tastes lean toward the warmer richer side of the fence. The Hegel 300 or 1 of the LFD amplifiers. On 1 hand the LFD is lower power but quite balanced. The Hegel is approximately the same price but has 250 wats of power plus a built-in DAC. My speakers rquire some power at 90DB efficient but its a 4 ohm load. I have heard the Hegel but with Magico speakers. It sounded good with nice detail and never tipped over the edge. The LFD is playing on my speakers now but drawing comparisons is difficult given different speakers. Any thoughts re these 2 amplifiers is most welcome.
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J have s custom dual mono block  Pass Labs  F-6 which is 
50wpc pure class A  and stable into 2 ohms.
Do the Math depending how loud you need it Class A will bring a Tom more grip
Then a AB amp of 2x the Power.  90db@1 w. Personally 90db  at output 
Is ear damage level and the speaker will use roughly over 30 wpc on driving music.  Many people think  ,I will need just 1 w to get 90db output.
There's a lot more to the equation. These speakers dip fine to about 2.8ohms 
At their lowest. The model 3 ,is actually slightly more efficient then the 2 .
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