Amp recommendation for Alon Circe?

I've always liked warm-ish sounding amps with Carl M's various speakers - Carl himself believes his gear should be paired to tubes. If SS then I'd try (in no particular order) Classe, Plinius & Sim Audio. I'd definitely stick with the 200W minimum though. Wouldn't want those Circes to get sloppy - @ 87db they're not exactly super efficient.

If tubes... well, I'm not one to give an opinion on them ;)

I have similar listening preferences to those you describe, but also listen to some classical. Full scale orchestra would suck up a lot of juice!

Nice choice in speakers! BTW

Great speakers! I have the Alon Lotus SE MKIII and I love them, they're the last speakers I think I'll own. They are quite a bit more efficient than the Circe's, I run them on Cary 300B monos at 12 watts per side. You can't get away with that, but you should definitely go with tubes, that's how Carl voices his speakers. Go with something medium to high powered, perhaps something from VTL or conrad-johnson. Home demo as many different amps as you can, your speakers are good enough to really spend time finding the perfect amp for them. And when you do you're in for some real magic. Enjoy!

I would agree with the VTL recommendation, as well as Audio Research VT200s, both of which I have heard with the Circes and think sounded quite good with them. I agree, nice choice in speakers, great ones for listening to music.