What after Aleph 3, need more juice?


Bought Watt/Puppy 5.1, Aleph 3 isn't up to task in my new bigger room. Love Aleps but need more power. Any suggestions please? Maybe i should sell W/P and buy other speakers to match my amp...?
darqo30011ffe
In rereading your post, don't sell the Wilson's! You can get amazing sound, just up the power, they can take it. Also, the Watts are designed to be connected to the Puppy crossover, so you should not biamp them as suggested above, and the manual agrees on this point. I have heard that Krell amps work well with these speakers. I also have Counterpont SA-100 modded by Mike Elliot which works wonders, and which fills the room just as much as the BAT.
hmmm...? W/P 5.1, are 4ohm, Aleph 3 is 60wpc into 4ohm! How BIG is your room...? If Aleph's 60watt (class A) wont do, you need more than a 100-200wpc in AB. Maybe Plinius 100 MkIII with 100wpc in class A? You ought to sell them and for the money get the Living Voice OBX.
I have used this speaker as my reference for six years. It has been my experience that they need a lot of power to sound their best. I have used a Krell KSA-150, BAT VK-500 with BAT-PAK, Pass Aleph 1.2 monoblocks (Aleph 2 is a better match for some reason) and the Pass X-600 monoblocks. The best match of the bunch seems to be the X-600's. They really make this speaker sing. I have a feeling that you can't go wrong with either the Pass X-250 or X-350 either.
A quick note to agree with Kkursula, the Living voice range are wonderful, sensitive, musical speakers. I'd go for the Avatars, cheaper, more room friendly and I prefer the sound. They sound magical with my Aleph 3 and Graaf pre
In my opinion, Aleph 2 should sing w/p5.1 much better in the bigger room than Aleph 3. However if you would like to add more dynamic and bass authority without sacrificing too much top-end sweetness, X-250 and X-350 could be the candidates. I used to have a pair of Aleph 2 and was trying to match them up with either w/p or Genesis G-500 (w/ 500W active woofer). I ended up chose G-500 because of its build-in active woofer providing more bass authority. I was pretty enjoying Aleph 2/G-500 combo. Aleph's are absolutely outstanding amps, but just try not to match them with low efficient speakers.

Joeabrams: Just wondering what kind of preamp that you are using right now?