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Dahlquist DQ10: what is best way to power?

I have had a pair of DQ10 (restored in every way) for decades and use an Apt Holman amp and pre-amp for power but these are getting cranky and take time to fire up if at all. What would be good match for the DQ10s? The Apts seem under-powered. Is it worth having them repaired?
ddouglas
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mofimadness
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What's your budget?
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philjolet
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I think the Apt Holman's are to old to fix and darn near anything you buy today will outclass them.

I bet something like an Outlaw Audio rr2150 would sound pretty good for around $500 used.

How much do you have to spend?
timlub
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I've sat in front of several DQ-10's. The best I've ever heard them was near 30 years ago with a Audio Research SP10 & Kenwood LO7M mono blocks. When you say restored in every way, I assume the piezo has been disassembled and the diaphragm damped.
I would suspect 100 watts or higher that is an good dynamic sounding amp would do a good job here, 200 would be better. I've never heard them with a tubed amp, I haven't seen phase angles on these speakers, but I would assume an 80 watt or so plus tubed amp would do a good job with these, if I recall correctly, they run 5 to 8 ohms at 86db sensitivity...
I'm sure when you give a budget, you will get several good recommendations
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