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Best amp pairing with Aerial Acoustics Speakers?

I have some Aerial 7B's and I have been contemplating upgrading to the new 7T.  Does anyone have suggestions as to what amps pair with Aerials the best?  I have heard a lot of people paired the older Aerials with Classe, Bryston, and Theta.  But now with Theta being mostly Class D amps, and Classe having the same path forward, I wonder of that makes a difference...  

On that note, I would love to hear them with the new ATI class D amps, as well as the Levinson 532H amp. (I haven't heard the amps, but people say they have amazing midrange, which is what Love about the Aerials right now).

I have also looked way off into left field and saw a Plinius SB-301 MkII for sale here as of late...

Anyway, my questions stands.  What amps pair the best with Aerial Acoustics?

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rlovendale
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gphill
129 posts
 
I’m using a Mac MC 452 and C47 with my Aerial 7t’s and it sounds really good to me. Before I was using a Vincent SV-237 integrated and that was okay but the Mac is way better.
fonoman
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No, class-D amps will NOT work as well as high-current amps, because class-D amps are LOW-current.
The Aerials "spend" a lot of time in the 2.5-3 Ohms region, so you need an amp that is comfortable and stable at low impedances. Again, this rules out class-D amps.
You need high current and high damping factor.



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