OMG OMG OMG Harbeth M30.1 INCOMING!!!A Few Questions For Owners

A rare & timely opportunity has made me the owner of a pair of M30.1's in Tiger Ebony finish with 1 frigging hour use!!!
I have Pangea 24" stands & with the tweeter at 12.5" up from the bottom of the cabinet that puts the tweeter at 36.5",within a half inch of center of my ears when in critical listening mode..Anyone see a problem using my stands?
I have about 3' out from back wall & same from side walls which are treated for reflections..Speakers can be up to 8' apart with listening position about 10'away..Suggestions on setup?
Regarding amplification since they haven't even started breaking in I'm going to run them with my 17wpc.EL84 amp & will start looking for something with at least 50wpc...What do you guys think of a Mcintosh MHA100 @ 50wpc. driving these?How about SimAudio Moon 240i @ 50wpc.or maybe a Hegel Rost at 75wpc.???
Thanks much,take care..

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tomic601 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,736 posts 01-29-2019 at 08:04am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Congrats! Enjoy the music ! the VTL Integrated is quite good also
richdirector Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 266 posts 01-29-2019 at 08:30am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete They are great - I am just selling mine as got a new tannoy legacy Arden which absolutely blows it away .... but Harbeth brilliant - I was running mine with croft 25r preamp and ATC P1 power ..... they do sound better with decent amp (they were no or should I say LESS good with quad II or Leben 15w)
jmolsberg Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 467 posts 01-29-2019 at 12:50pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete i bet they will sound kick-ass with that el84 amp!
akg_ca Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,146 posts 01-29-2019 at 01:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete All good choices in amps for sure. I would add the REGA OSIRIS integrated amp to your list of contenders (this is no pretender); http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/rega-isis-cd-player-osiris-integrated-amplifier-tas-213/ http://audiofi.net/2012/08/rega-osiris-punching-heavy/
d2girls Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,029 posts 01-29-2019 at 05:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You have plenty of space for them. Correct me if I’m wrong but your room is about 15 foot wide and at least 15 deep? More than enough space to really make the Harbeths shine.