High current amp search


Hello, so as the title says, I'm looking for a 200+ wats amp (8ohm) that will double it's power down to 2 ohms but importantly also check all the audiophile boxes so strong, articulate, fast bass, smooth resolving mid-range and extended non fatiguing highs. It's proving to be rather difficult because hardly any manufacturers list  output into 2ohms. Budget is around 4000$ so I'm looking at mostly used. Besides something like the Krell FPB 300/400 CX which can be had for that much , what else can be recommended? 

lukaszwk

You might want to look into an Anthem P2 amp it will drive any speaker and it goes down to below 2 amp loads with no problem.

As far as the Coda no.8 do people who own them find it preferable to run them via unbalanced? The input impedance is much lower via balanced.

I don’t get where people associate a speaker’s efficiency with being a benign load or easy to drive.

@faustuss The simple explanation is a less efficient speaker requires more power from the amp. Regardless of the amplifier technology, the fact is that the amp really shouldn’t be working hard for a living if you want the most sonic performance for the dollar investment. 

OTOH if you simply want to see how well an amp holds up under adverse conditions, no worries. But don’t expect the best sound you can get out of the amp or speaker as a result. To me that seems a waste of $$$$$