Plinius 250/Pass x-350/Gamut D200/Other ?

I have heard and seen a number of opinions stating that the GamuT D-200 had trouble driving speakers. Does anyone have practical knowledge of this apparent shortcoming and can say just how efficient a speaker need be to be effectively driven by the GamuT?

The GamuT worked just fine driving my 88dB efficient 6 ohm Rockport Syzygy speakers....Wonderful focus and venue information. A really little bump in the upper bass is all I could find to criticize. It isn't the most dynamic amp I have heard, but there was enough PRAT to get your toes tapping.....I spent a week with the amp and replaced the worn binding posts and made up some better RCA adapters and enjoyed every minute.....I went with another brand of binding posts, Superior Electric, and the little bass bump virtually went away and the unit had better pace as well.......Great amp for around 3K on the used market......

I have a Gamut D-200 amp and it is more powerful than most pesople give it credit for. It is very high current capable of delivering sowhere around 47 amps or so. Here is the thing... The reason it gets a bad rap for not able to drive a heavy load is because GamuT plainly states that the amp is designed to shut down if it sees a speaker load of 1.5 ohm or less. So unless you have speakers that dip below 1.5 ohm (not many speakers do), the amp can drive almost any other speaker made for home audio on the planet.

I doubt it would have problems with your Martin Logans.

Sound qualitywise the GamuT is as transparent and amp as I have herad for less than $10k. At $3k the amp is a steal. You really must hear to believe. I have had Plinius amps, and I think the GamuT is a much more refined and transparent sound than the Plinius power. Pass amplification is great, but overpriced IMO. I would love to compare the Pass amps with the GamuT. That would be a great shoot out.

However, from the top down, the Gamut D-200 is difficult to beat. It does so many things so well with very few short commings.

KF