Best amp pairing with Aerial Acoustics Speakers?


I have some Aerial 7B's and I have been contemplating upgrading to the new 7T.  Does anyone have suggestions as to what amps pair with Aerials the best?  I have heard a lot of people paired the older Aerials with Classe, Bryston, and Theta.  But now with Theta being mostly Class D amps, and Classe having the same path forward, I wonder of that makes a difference...  

On that note, I would love to hear them with the new ATI class D amps, as well as the Levinson 532H amp. (I haven't heard the amps, but people say they have amazing midrange, which is what Love about the Aerials right now).

I have also looked way off into left field and saw a Plinius SB-301 MkII for sale here as of late...

Anyway, my questions stands.  What amps pair the best with Aerial Acoustics?

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" Your speakers are not hard to drive on the top end but do present a challenge to drive on the low end. One solution is to horizontally bi-amp them using two different amps speced for their unique loads ."

That sounds like a good idea, but in practice using 2 different amps horizontal is nothing short of a train wreck. The only systems I've seen that type of setup work, was when someone was desperate to fix a problem. And even then, they should have just fixed it the right way.
"That sounds like a good idea,"
Yes, it does because it works if done right.

"but in practice using 2 different amps horizontal is nothing short of a train wreck."

My experience is just the opposite. You could elaborate on why your experience is different. That would be more helpful to OP than just saying it is a train wreck.

"The only systems I’ve seen that type of setup work, was when someone was desperate to fix a problem."

Yes, the problem is many speakers are actually two separate speakers in one enclosure. Hence, two different amps each doing what it is designed best to do. One handling the highs/mids and the other handling the lows.

" And even then, they should have just fixed it the right way."

In audio the right way is what provides the most optimal results in a cost effective manner. Sure, OP could just go out and buy a TOTL Pass Labs and that would work. But I am trying to offer a solution that I have used in many configurations that can sound just a good if done right as a TOTL high end single amp .....at a fraction of the cost.




I'm using a Bryston 14B ST to drive my 7B's and have been happy . I started with a 4B ST, but upgraded because the 4B would go into clipping mode at higher listening levels. These speakers do crave current. 
  
 
Ok. I have heard the same thing about the Aerial speakers craving current!  That's why I am curious about what is a great pairing of the amps to the speakers. 

As far as the Biamp idea is concerned, what does that do to the impedance of the speaker? Does is make sense to use two separate channels on the same amplifier to biamp? Or is that a waste? 

I have been looking at the ATI class D amps lately because I am a little gunshy when it comes to digital amps. I had a Wyred4Sound amp about 10 years ago paired with my PSB Synchrony Ones and I didn't like it at all. I figure things have changed and the ATI is totally different, but I am still nervous about the tech.  That being said, Theta uses similar N-Core tech in their new amps and people seem to LOVE them with the newer Aerial Acoustic 7Ts, but I haven't heard anything about them being used with the 7b or CC3b speakers...

So that is my conundrum. 
" You could elaborate on why your experience is different. That would be more helpful to OP than just saying it is a train wreck. "

Sure. My experience is different because everytime I've done it the system sounded like crap.

" Yes, the problem is many speakers are actually two separate speakers in one enclosure. Hence, two different amps each doing what it is designed best to do. One handling the highs/mids and the other handling the lows."

What makes you think you know more than the designer? Aerial didn't get to where they are by making mediocre speakers that needed to be fixed with different types of amps.

" In audio the right way is what provides the most optimal results in a cost effective manner. Sure, OP could just go out and buy a TOTL Pass Labs and that would work. But I am trying to offer a solution that I have used in many configurations that can sound just a good if done right as a TOTL high end single amp .....at a fraction of the cost."

Then lets have it. Lay out a system of specific components that the OP can buy doing it your way.