what amp under a grand?

I picked up the new HSU VTF-15H MK2 ($1006 delivered) - it replaced my 10 year old Velodyne HGS-15 Servo (which was 4x the cost) - and the HSU blows it away! It was like hearing a sub for the first time!

Shorty after I replaced my NHT T-6 Evolution (same age - $4k) with the EMP TEK R55Ti Evolution Towers and matching center & surrounds ($1700 for all five) - again the EMP TEK blow the NHT's out of the water! Soundstage and imaging are out of this world. The speakers simply disappear and all I hear is the music.

Same thing with electronics - with the old set up I had a Sunfire Theater Grand III - Marantz MA-700 monoblocks - expensive cables - blah blah blah. Today running a new Pioneer SC-85 Atmos receiver with the EMP TEK's - HSU sub and I've never had better sound. Period.

This thread is dead unclehubb, try what speakers for 10k.

Used junk maybe Adcom.

Adcom had a few good amps.

Looking at specs and measurements of the Mozarts on Stereophile they will benefit in teh bass largely from lots of power and sufficient current to drive them.

The Bel Canto Ref1000m Class D amps I use with my more full range speakers would be perfect but those are somewhat pricey.

A <$1000 250w/ch or more Class D Audio brand amp would be a reasonable try to see what might be weaned out of the Mozarts for not very much.

If you have an amp capable of driving those to the max, especially the fairly extended bass being delivered out of smaller drivers, all the rest may well clear up as well and sound more competitive with what appear to be the much smaller Wavetouch speakers.

The Wavetouch speakers are smaller and do not appear to have as extended a low end so finding a suitable amp to make those sound good is likely not as hard.