What to expect, modern speakers with vintage gear?

warnings aside, let’s please not confuse apples and oranges

there is vintage gear and there is modern gear that is a perhaps a decade plus old

it is stupid to use a marantz 8b to drive low impedance highly reactive modern floor standers like an eight driver pair of focal kantas at volume... yes the amp will have a heart attack, of course it will

just like back in the day you would never use a 300b tube amp to drive apogees...  so let’s not lose our bearings here

one of the most important aspects of being a knowledgeable audiophile is to understand the capabilities of amplifiers and the demands of speakers to be driven, that remains so true today, whether it be old or new gear

I'll just support your wish to keep your Levinson electronics and match new speakers to it.

You've got a small room, and I believe 23.5 will drive many modern speakers well.

Are you thinking about buying new speakers from a dealer ? If so, you might be able to arrange taking your electronics to the dealer's listening room.

The Levinson gear is well made and the amp is a keeper IMO. I am familiar with the 23.5

It will easily and happily drive contemporary speakers within reason --of its output, not its quality.

As mentioned above, try identifying which speakers you like and, if possible (the 23.5 is heavy, I know!) try driving your choices with your amp. You won;t be disappointed.

Thanks for the responses.  The speakers I'm going to demo are a used pair (previous generation) of Sonus Faber Amati's.  Ideally I would love to try my gear on them in the store, but the 23.5 is like trying to pick up an anvil.

I did request for the demo to have the Amati's hooked up to all solid state gear and a CD player to get close to what I have at home.

@flipwils11 

My view is that your Levinson 23.5 amp will do extremely well with any modern Speaker.  I also believe in the advantages of "matched" gear from the same vendor, so, I bet your whole system will sound great with those "modern" speakers.