ProAC 2.5 users please share experience on amp

Hi Gang. Interesting thread here. Smileshopper... Given the proportions of you room, there are many amplifiers that will work well for you.I am sure you are aware that the response series of the proacs love tube amplification. The better the amplifier the bigger the reward. They will respond well with both high powered amps as well as some of the lower powered amps. Solid state?.... can be done, but far more difficult to optimize than tubes and the solid scrape amps that do make music are very expensive [ read accuphase, FM acoustics, pass etc]. For that kind of money you can buy some fabulous vacuum tubes amps. As KW6 posted earlier... the Cary 805's with the proacs are in a whole higher leaugue than most anything I can think of at that price point. The el-34 based CJ amps can make for a very engaging musical experience for a whole lot less though. I suppose it will all come down to your budget. The good thing here is you have many more options available due to the proacs rather begign load it presents to the amplifier. I used a pair of response 4's paired with an older pair of el-34 based VAC pa90c's with outstanding results,and in a room more than double the size of yours. Furthermore... I used the vacs in pure triode mode at a mere 45 watts/channel as opposed to using the 90 watts in ultralinear mode. Yeah... the power thing does have some merit with lesser quality amplification but is "WAY" overrated here in many cases when tube amps are employed ,especially considering the size of your room. The proac 2.5's are a "top shelf" speaker by anyones standards and deserve the best amplification you can muster up for them. Best of luck on your journey.

Ecclectique, VACs are something I've really thought about placing in front of my 2.5s. Your post is very encouraging.

Smileshopper, I bought my Proac 2.5's in England and was informed by the manufacturers that they actual voice/fine tune them using Audio Research valve amps. I have been running mine with the Audio Research VT-100 poweramp and LS25 MKII preamp. These benefit from Siltech cabling with which they are also tuned.

All in all, this is the bery best set up you can get for the Proacs. The whole truly exceeding the amazing parts. Have you seen Michael Fremer's review in Stereophile?

hey Gunbei. Being from Canada myself, I have met Gilbert on numerous occasions and we always inevitably chewed the fat about tubes and circuit design.He is without doubt the consummate gentleman, a brilliant designer,very approachable and a class act in every regard. I must say that I admire his preamp designs over his work with amplifiers. Saw your post in the supratek thread? Thinking on changing preamps or the amp?

Hi, Ecclectique. Thanks for youe respone. I do love
C-J CAV50.(EL34) and the very nice price. But it doesnt' work well with ProAc2.5. Actually, i prefer CJ sound to cary sound. I don't know why. I got more bass from Cary SLI80, but feel missing some thing deliveried by C-J. maybe this is differnce between
tube 6550 and EL-34??

When I get enough fund,I will give 805 a try...~~

Dgob: I heard the same thing. But the combination
VT100 + LS25MKII is beyond my budget.~~ will give a try some day..~

Thanks.