Need some juice --- High power amps

Hi Crozbo - allow me to submit this discussion on the Clayton Audio line of amps for your perusal:

http://www.iar-80.com/page6.html

I think most Clayton owners would support this summary of their amps.
And, this publication's issue also compares the McCormack DNA-500 and the Clayton S2000 to some degree here:

http://www.iar-80.com/page8.html

Sorry about not knowing how to provide these as direct links.
Good luck in your search.
Cheers,
Tom

You should put the Parasound JC-1s in that company, as they are quite happy with difficult loads - certainly more difficult than you have. Good sound and good value.

Regards,

I also run inefficent speakers 87 db carver's and 87 db magnepan's which are both 4 ohms. I have used many solid state amps and have found that Crest Audio amps are very powerful amps. I am running 2 sets of maggies in parallel (2.7 ohms) and they sound great, and the amp has never even gotten the slightest bit warm. No matter the speaker I have hooked to it the speaker gives up before the amp. Carver also makes some pretty stout amps that can be had at a firly reasonable price.
My personal pick would be the Crest Audio, but in the end the choice is yours. Enjoy your music.
Greg

Oops - guess there's not much involved to creating a link - didn't even know I was doing it - heheh. Now, where'd I put that drink...

One amp I've used that had an almost frightening amount of housepower is the Perreaux 350A. This thing pumps some current! Spec'd at 350 per ch at 8 ohms, it actually delivers ~500 per side; at 4 ohms it truly doubles-down. So that's potentially 1000 watts per ch, & with 87db speaks you do need it. I've cranked it & cranked this amp some more with never any signs of petering out, until I feared for the life of my speakers. The SPL's kept increasing until it felt like something's gonna come apart. Musical yes; however I can't say about the matchup with your speakers since they aren't mentioned: what speakers do you actually have?