For those who "sold" Dynaudio Evidence speakers

Thanks Drubin. My experience makes me feel it is the instantaneous unforced natural dynamic swing of live music that primarily sets it apart from the reproduced/recorded. Distortion being the other culprit.

The Temptations should do well with your amp, but I have no direct experience with that particular amplifier.

The Temptations are the easiest to drive of all the Dynaudio's and there is lots of info around that fact on the forums. The Temptations do NOT need gobbs of power to make them sing. Do they benefit from it? Sure, they do, but only to a point and it depends on the amp. The Simaudio Evo W7 is only rated at 150w/channel yet I have them hooked to it on an every day basis. The Simaudio's have more in reserve than most have at their rated power specs.

Thanks again Ttowntony. It's good to hear the Temptations are easy to drive and even better to hear the Evo W7 amps are adaquate as the Spectral DMA 180 has quite a bit more power(current). Speaking of power requirements, I once had an electrician monitor the current draw on my dedicated 8 gauge line to the Equitech 2Q balanced transformer that feeds my Spectral system. Playing louder than I would ever want to listen in my room the current draw never exceeded 5 amps.

Dynaudio themselves recommend Plinius electronics to pair with their speakers. For the Evidence range, I think you will need to look at the monoblocks.

As an experiment, we also had a go listening to the Sanders ESL Monos driving the Evidence, it was a memorable experience, effortless dynamics and power. The soundstage was large and life-sized. You could consider those amps as well.

"Dynaudio themselves recommend Plinius electronics to pair with their speakers."

Not necessarily, it depends what part of earth you live on. Simaudio is most often the pairing you will see at CES/CEDIA/etc. It is also mated with the Dyn's in the lab for testing purposes. And, in the US and Canada the Simaudio's is what the Reps recommend when becoming a Dynaudio dealer. You will see NAD Masters mated with the Dyn's as well, but not with the Temptations. They deserve better!

Certainly, the Plinius amps will work...I personally love them. As for monoblock power, you do not need 400w/channel or anywhere near....sorry.