@georgehifi
Your input is well received. Thanks much. I’ve included a range of amps and speakers as well as approximate physical setup of the speakers in the room, so I hope this is sufficient info to help you see this issue more clearly.
Looking forward to your input. Thanks.
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@twoleftears
Thanks much. I recall your input on the Listz and appreciated it immensely.
I feel many speakers can be run by any number of amps, although better built and or more powerful ones will do a better job.
Of course, the heart or soul of what ever more powerful amp is a large question mark one’s preffs must get in tune with before it goes home with you.
I’m inclined to believe the Ayre INT is a nice unit, my thinking is that a gbit better amp, meaning more power and more prolific construction ought to show itself as a nicer arrangement. Or I sure hope so.
The Listz for me are sort of an afterthought and not the primary tartget. Albeit I’ve been around long enough to know anything can happen depending on how the storms of life get to tossing one along.
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My instincts say any amp I’ve listed in this thread will do just fine with any speaker also listed in this thread. But the pedantic obsessive aspect of me says, “make sure!! Don’t want any negative surprises.”
The one thing that keeps pestering me is when looking into amps which boast huge output power ratings as their standard character, like 500 or 600wpc amps, I’ve yet to find one which sounds bad. Almost regardless the setup. Big krell, big Macs, Lynns, MLs, even a big old Conrad Johnson tube amp was nice listening.
The way each amp handled the paired speakers was fairly evident too in that the sound was tight. Quick. Clean.
Harmonics and dynamics differ from one setup to another but the speed and pacing were taught and pronounced. IMO those attributes are the result of power.
I’ve only heard Mr. Hanson’s 400wpc monos, nothing else. Did not dig the setup but, those quick, claen, precise notes were evident there too. I did not know the power rating of the Ayre monos until I asked later, during the audition that they were 400 watt amps. I did feel from the onset these wre stronger than the usual 150 – 250 wpc amps I had been listening to earlier.
This is my ‘take’ on pairing speakers with SS amps. Be it right or wrong.
With tube amps, I’d lean more onto the loudspeaker’s tech and construction being kinder towards power in a more minimalistic view. Higher Eff & higher IMP.
With multiple cone drivers and low IMPs I get a different sense of direction if I feel I want to fuel them with SS amps.
Of course, money plays a SIGNIFICANT role. Always. At least to the point wherein I can rationalize it to myself. Hahahah.
