How much power is needed for Martin Logan Ascents?


I am getting a set of Ascent i speakers. I am looking to buy an amp for them. How much power would I need to make them sing? I am open to tube or solid state.
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I owned a pair of Ascent i Logans for 2 years and powered them with a number of different amps from original atma-sphere MA-1s with speltz auto formers to 2 Rotel 1090s (too bright) to Jolida 300A monos to a Mesa Baron which was the best amp I had on those speakers and the only piece of audio equipment that I wish I never would have sold. These speakers like power, and Stanwal is correct they dip to below 2ohms up in the higher end of the frequency spectrum. I could never get the bass to integrate with the panels to my liking and believe me I tried. So I ended up selling them here and have not looked back.

Dan
Also Pal you didn't mention what your budget is, that will make a rather large difference in your possible choices. I will say that I just picked up a Wyred 4 Sound ST-500 250wpc class d amp and am totally impressed with this amps sound. It should powre the Ascent i speakers just fine and is around 1k used.

Dan