Amplifier for Volti Lucerna Speakers


Hi All,

My speakers are a new pair of Volti Lucernas that I purchased about a year ago and I am loving them. These may be my last pair of speakers. 

My system is a PS Audio PWT, Mojo Mystique DAC, no vinyl yet due to placement logistics, Don Sachs DS2 pre, and a variety of amps:

FW F7 - Better with Fritz Carbons in 2nd  system,

Quicksilver Horn Monos -  like the separation and exactness but need more power, 

FW F6 - sounds similar to QHM and also needs more power,

Don Sachs Kootenay - great amp, nuanced but lacks bit of powerful immediacy,

Van Alstine SET 120 - very powerful but misses some of the nuance.

I think nuance means inner detail and texture to me....

I have tried hard to like tube amps with the Lucernas but think I like may be more of a solid state guy due to the tighter, more powerful bass.

I could be happy, I think, with the FW F6 and Quicksilvers if they had more watts.  

Seems like 60 WPC is a minimum. I could really like the 60 watts per channel of the SET 120  if it was more nuanced without sacrificing the clean sound and tight and powerful bass.

What would you suggest based on your listening experience with hybrid horn speakers?

Pass XA25? 

Belles Aria monos? 

Van Alstine monos?

Any class D? I tried LSA Warp 1 - pretty good bass and clean sounding but lacked nuance in my setup. Definitely want better.

What else?

Looking forward to your feedback!

dsper

That's a bummer. I've only seen that red light once over the past 4.5 years.

I have read more issues with Evo400s than 300s over the years - just what I have read it seems. That may not be the case but seems like it. I'm in Tampa now so good to have fewer tubes in the summer anyway.

I need to update my system pics here, but they are on Townshend Podiums (which made an LOL difference, as I call them) which are on a concrete slab. Here is pic of my room it if this works here. Curtains are closed when listening and I have some diffusion panels I put up behind the plants. Sorry for the detour OP.  I will add that I listen mostly to rock music and usually loud so I feel that my next amp will likely need at least what I have now which is about 45 per channel - but not 100% sure about that. I don't even know enough to be dangerous, but have somehow managed to put together a really good sounding system /room. I do think that getting the right tubes working together really helped - and took some experimenting to get there.

P.S. The Rivals are now toed in 45 degrees and I moved the deflection half-domes into the room a bit more. Even though this pic was just taken a few weeks ago.

@laynes that looks very very nice now…eye candy room….there sure isn’t a shortage of amplifiers out there to pick from that’s for sure…you may want to think to yourself if it isn’t broken dont fix it ….lol

One thing is for sure I love my Lucera speakers and I have the Razz too…