Amplifiers for Talon Hawk monitors

I had the Talon Firebirds before and also had a hard time matching amplifiers with them. I ended up using a Krell 400Mx. By far this amp get the most out of the Talon. I hope that helps.
Nick

I think the 23.5 is an excellent choice. I've used my Hawks with Ref 20.0, Classe 10, and VAC aurical. The ref 20 is the best SS I've heard with it. The Krell makes sense for the Firebirds because it has a higher damping factor, which is not needed for the Hawks. I really like the VAC (the new model is the musicbloc 90).

Classe amps work well, I used an Omicron for about a year and I thought it was a good match.

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Dgob,

I would try to audition a Halcro MC20. It has the lowest noise floor of any amp I have ever heard. It's very dynamic and has loads of power. It took about 6 weeks to burn in, but now it sounds very very good. (it was thin at first, not very enjoyable, I almost sent it back). I have three other audiophile friends that felt the same way at first, but now all three of us are very impressed with this amp.

I can't comment about it being paired with any totem speakers but I did hear it with Merlins, James, Intuitive Design and NHT and it drove them all with out a sweat.

You should try a Nuforce amp, a 9SE for exemple.