Sonus Faber Extremas with Krell FPB 600?

I'm with Mfgrep. I have the SF Electa Amatours (originals). After trying several S.S. amps I too wound up with the CJ Premier 11A. The difference between the CJ & all of the S.S. amps I tried was literaly night & day. Tubes really get the Sonus Fabers to sing. I've owned solid state amps for several years & once I made that transition to tubes I personaly could never go back to S.S. Talk to Jim at Sumiko. He uses the C.J. Premier 8 monos with his own personal Extremas. Theres a guy who is in the Industry... has the opportunity to try just about anything & wound up with tubes. Because of the inefficiency of the Extremas, tubes are going to be more expensive but well worth it. You guys using S.S. owe it to yourselfs to try tubes. You won't be sorry..

I'm already on my second tube amp(s) on these speaks and my feeling is that solid state will be a better match..Pass Labs X350 is something I should consider as well..anyone heard it?

Don't know about the Extremas, but my Guarneir's sound a lot better (i.e., magical midrange, awesome highs) with tubes thant with SS. I wnet from Bryston 7 BST monos to Aronov monos and do not miss the Brystons at all.

I own a pair of Extremas and use a Krell. It sounds great. If your room is big or you like music loud, you need 200 watts per channel. If your room is small and you don't listen to loud music, you can get away with 100 watts per channel. Loud, low frequencies require a lot of current (amps not watts) which the Krell (among others) can deliver.

The Extrema is different for the other models when it comes to power do to the crossover configuration. I think it is because it doesnt use compaciters. All the above mentioned amps are very laid back with the exception of the Krell. I use dual Classe CA-400's which are also laid back. I have used many amplifiers on these and as important as power is quality amplification is more important.