Amp Upgrade for Aerial 10t's

Mike,

I've used Bryston 7bST monos with my 10T's for about three years. Great range and tight base. Good luck.

I used a Pass X350 for a couple of years (after moving up from an Aragon 8008ST). The improvement in the mids & highs was so stunning it sounded like a new, much better, speaker... smoother, angelic, sweet, airy, etc. Vocals were suberbly natural.
Curiously, the bass was a little too prominent until after a long break-in (3-400 hours), but then settled in nicely, especially after I switched to Cardas Golden Ref speaker cables (and interconnects) at the time.

The bass is said to be much more tuneful on the new X350.5, so I would give that a try if I still had 10Ts.

Soundstaging was about the same on the Pass, which is not the 10t's strong point (tonality and a non-fatiguing nature is where they excel, IMHO).

Good luck!

I don't know, Rgs92. Mine image very well, but it is room and placement dependant. Once I got them about 1/3 of the room length from the front wall bass and imaging really came into focus. I agree with you about cables improving their sound. The 10t's will show the differences, if they're truly there, in any upstream change you make in your system.

Dan_ed, you may be right, as I had them only 2.5 feet from the wall. There just didn't seem to be much depth to my ears, and images were a little smaller-than-life. But I nevertheless loved them for their natural, un-hi-fi sound. They are very forgiving of even the harshest recordings, but still provided a sense of real-life, there-in-the-room presence. They also did a great job of removing digital grunge.

I still recommend a Pass X-series amp, but one problem is the heat it generates.

I also own the 10 T's, which I love. The issue with the Aerials is that the 10T's Love power, I have the Mac 2500 monster Solid state Amp(500wpc), and At times the 10T's cause the red led clip lights to blink. I would not recommend a Amp less then 250wpc. I have Jeff Rowland Mono Blocks in another room(Model 7's II-750wpc/4ohms)& I'm temped to hook them up, just to see how they handle the load! Do not underpower the 10Ts.