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Best amp for Vandersteen Quattro?

Hope someone can help - I have a Mark Levinson 380s pre with an old pair of Electrocompaniet AW180 monoblocks currently powering my Vandersteen 2 sigs. I have bought Quattros and I am expanding my system for HT use and would thus need amplification for three more channels - I plan to move the EC's to rear channels and need to buy an amp for the main speakers - what do I buy to power the quattros? As I understand it (with the built in subwoofers of the Quattros) I do not need ultimate bass grunt but need an amp with a sweet and open mid and treble - am I correct? My budget is $5000.
Thanks
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bar81
791 posts
 
Ayre V-5xe
tom_hankins
928 posts
 
I have heard them sound wonderful with the all of the Ayre amps. I think you can get the V-1XE used, in or close to your price range.
davemitchell
253 posts
 
If you're not afraid of tubes...the Quatro is unique in that it has a near perfect 8 ohm impedance across the entire frequency range. This makes it very well suited to vacuum tube amplifiers.

Given your budget I'd recommend choosing a good tube amp that makes in the neighborhood of 100 watts per channel, although quality matters more than quantity with the Quatros.
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