Tube amp for Avalon Eidolon ?

Well, since this thread is still being posted to, I figure I should update my post.

My friend has since moved on from the VTL MB-450s to the (hybrid) Lamm M2.2s. While the printed power rating of the M2.2s @ 220 wpc is about half of the VTLs, the sense of power does not seem diminished at all. The Lamms have a firm grip on the bass response (much better than the VTLs), and yet it retains a sense of that nice tube lushness in the mid-range. The treble response is even better than the VTLs as well. It has such a nice decay to cymbals, that it still astonishes me.

(The Lamms impressed me so much that I bought a pair myself. I could not afford to buy them new, so I did the next best thing, which was to get a pair of used M2.1s (the 200 wpc predesscor to the M2.2s) for a much lower price. I always thought my Revel Studios were good speakers (no, not Eidolon great, but good), but when combined with the Lamms, the sound is very good, and better than I had ever hoped for.)

Hope this helps!

I am driving my Avalon Eclipses with a pair of Conrad Johnson Premier8 with great success - it has a lot of authority over the speakers, great musicality and drive - you might like it.

Vtin - I had an Anthileon Stereo with a pair of Avalon Eclipses some years back (as well as a DM100), terrific combination as well. Also had it with Rowland 8s and 2, not at the same level as the Gryphon gear I am afraid.

Regards

Am driving Eidolons with VAC 140 monblocks, which I really like.
By the way, the best digital system I have ever heard was all Boulder driving Eidolon Diamonds.

I am using VAC PHI 70s and they better all my previous

ML333 (awful)
VT200 (metallic)
VT130 with KT88 and Auricap (OK)
VAC Vintage 100 mono (getting there but sometimes strained)

I listen to classical and Jazz mostly.