Accuphase amplifier choice

I hope you realize that the specs are different for your loudspeakers Vs mine.

yes, of course. I do have a set of Maggies which require a little more oomph also.

From my experience with the Rhumba (since Jan 2018), the volume between 7:30  to 10 o'clock positions sound very much "in your face". But once you cross 10 o'clock position, it sound a bit relaxed and natural. Andy did mention to me about the volume position too. But my experience has not been the same - at least in my system. YMMV.

Okay interesting. I will do some experimenting. 

@milpai 

Not sure I could tell exactly how long for the Amp to open up but I’d estimate about 300 hours. There was this point where I noticed everything was slightly more open and smoother. I also found that after many attempts borrowing power cables from the Cable Company I never found anything that sounded better than the stock cable supplied by Accuphase. And Accuphase documentation strongly discourages replacing the stock cable. 

@jfrmusic 

Interesting experience about your power cord swapping. I am not using stock cord at the moment and switched the Cullen from the previous amplifier. But you are right - I did read the "specially highlighted" section in the Accuphase guide on power cords.

@milpai 

The Cullen was the first I tried among many others.  

+1 "Accuphase documentation strongly discourages replacing the stock cable”