Need Integrated to pair with Triangle Antal.


Just sold my Bryston 4B Amp and pre. Too much for my Triangle Antal speakers. I want to spend under $1500 for a Integrated(with remote). Also need a CD or CD/SACD player. I can spend about 2K total. I am looking at 'used' for now. Your suggestions will help. Considering Pathos. Any arguements for SET with these speakers?
otis_ofnh
I have Unison Unico which do very well with my Antals. But pay good attention to the source, my system was too bright until I upgraded my player-but I also had different amps then.
Good luck,
When I was at CES in 2003 I remember both the Unison and Triangle rooms displaying a combo consisting of a Unison hybrid integrated with Triangle speakers.

I remember both set ups being fast, lively and musical. The only thing that I'd criticize is that the overall balance was a bit on the light and lean side for me.

I'm currently enjoying a 37wpc Bel Canto SET40 with ProAc 2.5s. Your Antals could probably be happy with less power than my amp, but I couldn't be sure if a low powered SET would work either.
Unison is good choice as is Pathos Classic II (am I getting name right=it's their 100 watt Hybrid.Second version supposedly sounded much better than firstb though fisrt one can be gotten much cheaper).There is the all tube Jolida 100 watt.I thionk you'd alkso be very happy with one of my amps the EL34 based EAR 834 integrated.40 watts push pull should be plenty since it does not sound like you want to blow the walls down anyway.Bel Canto would be great but is I believe out of your price range.Minimax is a company to l;ook up.See reviews of it at www.6moons.com.With Holida and Minimax you can swing both ame brand amp and CD if not new than on used here on agon.
Chazzbo
I've got a Simaudio I-5 LE that I'm about to pair with the Antal. Good detail, open soundstage, a bit more of a close-up presentation than with the Patho's Classic II, which is a few rows back. The i-5 sounds cleaner and clearer than the I-3 that I've been hearing in demo's. All of these sounded "good" though, and its just a matter of preference. The dealer used Simaudio Equinox or AudioAero CDP's, both over 2K and mated well with the above integrateds, and with much more expensive equipment. I'll probably be looking for an Arcam cd73 as I think it's 90% of the above two for 1/3 of the $$.