Sonus Faber Venere 2.5 amplifier Recommendation

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Conrad Johnson, Audio Research and Rogue Audio all are sonic matches for SF speakers.
If you are enjoying the CJ sound, demo the Classic Sixty/Sixty SE amp.
Keep me posted and have fun.

Happy Listening!

I had the 2.5s in my system on demo, and I found them to have a pretty prominent mid/upper bass bump that was tough to deal with.  Of the amps I've had in my system, Bryston was one of the better ones at controlling bass, but that would have a very different overall sound than your CJ.  I'd try pulling speakers out further and trying some bass traps before changing amps.  Best of luck. 

Thank you for your responses. I borrowed a friend's roguee audio at 100 wpc tonight. It did tighten the bottom end up but sounded less transparent than the cj and it's el34. Would prefer tubes but is this a speaker that needs solid state for best performance.?

I would say solid state power and a tube pre, would be the magic combo.

Matt M