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Need pre & power amp to drive Dynaudio

I listen to a fair amount of cd classical orchestral and opera and have found most ss amps in the 3-$6,000 range glaring/bright especially on massed strings although pop/rock sounds great. I did enjoy classical on the VTL MB 450 when I purchased the speakers and loved the Tubed DM Kronzillas on a friends system. Are there any other amps I should be auditioning whether solid state or tube. My budget is now in the 10 to 12k range.

I can purchase the MBL 8011M solid state monoblock and their 5010 pre-amp at a fair price. Does anyone have have any knowledge of these products? "Absolute Sound" likes them. Or should I stick with tubes?

I am auditioning the EMC-1UP and the Bat D5SE cd players. Like the Bat for classical/opera and EMC for pop/rock. A dilemma.

I would be grateful for your insights.
loanofficer1
jrwr7
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Hey Loanofficer1,

I owned a pair of Dynaudio 1.3MkIIs and I drove them with a Plinius SA-250 MkIV. I don't know which Dyns you have but I do know that the Dyns love a lot of clean power and the Plinius will give you that. It offers up 400 watts @ 4ohms, that's nothing to sneeze at. Good luck with your search and happy hunting........John
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sdrconsultant
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Greetings,

I second the above from Jrwr7! The Plinius SA-250 or a pair of SA-102s, even better.

Fair disclosure = we are a Plinius dealer.

But truth is still truth.

Best Wishes, Paul
mmoneye3ed
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I had the Dynaudio 1.3SE and now have the C2s and ran them with the Mark Levinson 27.5 which is a 100WPC amp. The 1.3SEs worked very well with this amp. and so does the C2s, but I would like to upgrade to the ML 23.5 or if I run into some ex. money ML 33H to run the C2s.
pettyfeversk
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Well, it depends which Dynaudio speakers you have . Some are more power hungry than others. I have the Contour 3.3's and have them powered by the Musical Fidelity Nu Vista Integrated amp which has probably about 450wpc into 4 ohms. Musical Fidelity also makes some really nice separates such as the 308 series. Simaudio also makes a W-5 amp that matches up pretty well to Dynaudio speakers.
loanofficer1 OP
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Grateful for your input. The speakers are the Temptation which was the omitted 9th word of the post
heading.
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