What amps/preamps/integrateds to use with a particular speaker?

Hi Audiotroy!
Are you talking about the Signature SE?  I don't like that model because it's a sealed cabinet.  I used to own a pair of Focus SEs but I don't have them any more.  I wish I did but I've had to downsize.

I don't play my system too loud any more.  My old ears can't handle that volume.

I'm in an apartment and I wish I wasn't.  I sit about 8 feet from the speakers I now have.  I sit in front of the left speaker because there is not enough room to place the chairs in the middle of the room.
The living room is not damped.
I don't want a streaming amplifier.

The Signature is still the better of the two speakers, it is larger and it is a bit more expensive, however, the drivers on the Signature are better.

The classic HD are good, the Signatures are even better. In terms of overall performance you have a better top end with the Signatures.

As you have a Heil AMT for both the treble and midrange and cross over to the silk and graphite lower midrange driver in the Signature vs the Heil AMT for the tweeter only crossing over to the midrange in the Classics.

Little puzzled why you wouldn't want the sealed bass of the Sigs?

So you want to get a straight integrated do you need a phono stage?

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Legacy Audio dealers

Audiotroy,
I don't like sealed cabinets.  My preference is for a rear-ported design.
I have an external phono preamp and an external DAC.

Hmmm...no responses...
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