Amplifier suggestion for Dynaudio Sapphire

I drive my Sapphires with Pass XA60.5, Manley Snappers, and Bel Canto Ref1000M Mk.II.

3 entirely different approaches that work quite well. However, the Snappers do run out of gas with challenging source material and/or higher SPL.

Great speakers but they require quality horsepower.

YMMV

Dealer disclaimer.

I heard C4's w/ Ref 110's and they sounded flat. I think you need more drive than that.

If you're after tubes I'd look at VAC. I have two Phi 200's I'm selling which I used to drive some 83 db electrostats. I tried a lot of amplifiers and they were the only tube amps I ever found that could do it. Your Sapphires are much easier to drive than those were!

The ASR would be a good fit but they are really hard to resell if you ever went in another direction.

I don't know about the EAR but if they're not top notch with some serious cahones you're wasting your time.

In SS you have many good choices as mentioned by others before me.

i heard a sapphire demo at premier acoustic lifestyle in nashville that sounded great. they are great to talk to also. they were using a tube integrated with a capacitor reserve power supply. cant remember the brand. Give them a call.

In a demo a while back I heard them with Parasound Halo JC 1 monoblocks and matching preamp and they sounded quite nice.

At my dealer we set up his sapphires with a Naim 5i. Sounded really good (for a $1600 integrated) until you wanted to crank it. Heard them with Sim Audio - Burmester and Octave Jubilees (tube). Pretty close tie between the Burmester and Octaves. I'm not a fan of Sim - toooo detailed and not enough PRAT for me.

Wkjeffers I pretty sure Acoustic Lifestyle was using the Octave V40 integrated.