Amp for EgglestonWorks Speakers?

Any others? I think these speakers have just he right amount of bite and smoothness, which i why I like the so. Great for all kinds of music, even less than stellar recordings - not that they'll improve a poor recording, just allow you to listen to them more than other speakers I've heard.

I am extremely happy with my Andra I speakers (only 86 db) coupled with Art Audio Quartets (845 tubes, 50wpc). OK, so I have to cheat a little; I added two small but quick Martin Logan Depth i subs crossed at 45Hz to get the lowest couple octaves, but the 845 tubed Class A sound with the pure crossoverless midrange of the Andra Is is absolutely stunning!

1markr - I have a pair of ACI 65Hz in-line filters I have not yet tried. If I use them I'll not require so much power then? Any idea how much of a load is relieved from the speakers using 65Hz filters? Is it possible I could get away with 70wpc tube power then?

Rockdanny, I get away with using the 50 wpc monoblocks on my Andras, and that's without using any filters. I sure don't see why you couldn't run the 70 wpc tube amps. I can't quantify how much load is relieved, but the Esotar tweeter and Morel midrange drivers are easy to drive, so you should have no problem getting more volume than you can handle out of them.

Being said that driving the speakers to a good SPL is one thing, being able to drive the speakers to the optium level is another. With my BAT VK60, I thought it was powerful enough to drive the Fontaine II even with a pair of ACI Force Subs running stereo. I was aways feels it lacks the dynamics and mid bass. I was debating about changing my tube amp to SS amp for fearing I will miss the mid and high from my VK60. I tried Krell, it gives me the mid bass and bottom but the mid and high is not comparable to my VK60. Up until I got my Spectron Musician 3SE, I know my amp searching is over. I got them all now (high, mid, mid bass and low all better than my Vk60). After the Spectron has broken in this week, I confirmed that my EW FII was treated too politely in the past and it wasn't happy. It can do a lot more for me but I just didn't drive it hard enough to the level which it was designed to do.