avantgarde with SS amp recomendation

Pass Aleph 3, perhaps, but it puts out as much (if not more) as a tube amp. The best SS for the AG would be Mark Levinson ML-2's but they also put out heat and cost more.

I have not heard them, nor know how much they go for, but Pass has a new low power amp out.
http://www.firstwatt.com/

I have heard the little Birdland and was impressed with that.
http://www.birdland.com/products/PleyelAg.html

The First Watt is incompatible with multiple driver speakers. I have used the Avantgarde Model 5, Naim Nait 5i, and Ayre AX-7 and would recommend them in that order. The Avantargde was the best but also most expensive, the Naim very good but a little less resolution, the Ayre got tiresome after awhile.

I will second the Pass Aleph 3 recomendation. I have the Aleph 2s and the Duos. I don't use the 2s with the Duos, but have tried them and thought they sounded great. I did own the 3 before the 2s and thought that the 3 sounded a little better than the 2s overall, if the extra power was not needed. 30 watts of Aleph power would rock the house with Avantgarde speakers.