Good value upgrade from PSB STRATUS GOLDS to ?

Alan,
Not efficiency issue. On the contrary, SC-4 is more efficient than Gold. What I meaned is you need a decent amp to realize how good they are. My amp is Aleph 2, the best ss amp to my limited knowledge.

Timo, or anyone who would care to share their purchase experience,

You mentioned that you purchased your Focus 20/20 s at $5200. This is more that I intended to spend, and was hoping to possibly locate used. Did you negotiate this $5200 price from via mail order or from a local dealer. I live in St. Louis, Mo. and Legacy does not have a dealer here to audition or to purchase. Currently there are not any listed for sale in my area as well. Also what are your thoughts on using my current Bryston 4bst amp and Rogue preamp with the Focus'...Thanks

hello guys, I would like to add that the Golds, while their sound stage is very nice, are very inefficient speakers. By way of example, I also own B&W 603's, Cerwin Vega's DX-9's (very loud), And Legacy Focus (I love the Focus') and the PSB's required 2 times the power as any of the previous to equal the SPL. If you do not listen to you music at very Hi levels then Go for them, but a speaker of this size should have a much higher SPL IMO. :)

One other thing, as for power- I have several:

Proton D-1200 (1500wpc transients, 7.3db HR)
Parasound HCA-3500 (350wpc)
2-AB International 1100A's (bridged) (1300wpc)
2-QSC RX-1400's (bridged) (800wpc)

The above amplifiers will drive any speaker, very easily- even low ohm appogees, maggies, and modern day 1ohm subs.

I do not mean to bad mouth the PSB's, I just do not want to see some one purchase a $3K speaker and expect volume levels beyond the 86/89db norm. My brother took his back for this very reason.

Hope this helps.

what is a good amp to drive them? i have a 250wpc carver,and a 350 wpc carver, quad tube pre-amp, modded jolida cd player (best bang for the buck..) and am wondering if a hybrid tube, or monos would be the way to go...