Al,
I appreciate your learned input. I am really not terribly worried about running out of gas with an SET amp. I could be proven wrong, of course. But my listening room is closed in and not terribly large around 11' x 16' with an 8 foot ceiling. I listen about 8 feet away from the front of the speakers not exactly nearfield, but not very far away, either.
I'm also not terribly into listening very loud. That's subjective, of course, but I tend to like to "listen into" the music rather than being battered by it. :-)
Finally, the owners manual for the De Capos says that excellent results can be achieved with "purist amps" of only a few watts. The owners manual also points out that while 92 dB is not considered incredibly efficient in the world of loudspeakers, because the speaker has no real crossover and the main driver is run directly connected to the amplifier, there isn't a complicated circuit inside sucking up amplifier power.
To do some more due diligence on this, I'm going to pick up the phone today and call GalenCarol Audio in San Antonio. They carry both Reference 3 A and Art Audio products. Let me see what they say about pairing the De Capo with this kind of amplifier. I will report back.
I appreciate your learned input. I am really not terribly worried about running out of gas with an SET amp. I could be proven wrong, of course. But my listening room is closed in and not terribly large around 11' x 16' with an 8 foot ceiling. I listen about 8 feet away from the front of the speakers not exactly nearfield, but not very far away, either.
I'm also not terribly into listening very loud. That's subjective, of course, but I tend to like to "listen into" the music rather than being battered by it. :-)
Finally, the owners manual for the De Capos says that excellent results can be achieved with "purist amps" of only a few watts. The owners manual also points out that while 92 dB is not considered incredibly efficient in the world of loudspeakers, because the speaker has no real crossover and the main driver is run directly connected to the amplifier, there isn't a complicated circuit inside sucking up amplifier power.
To do some more due diligence on this, I'm going to pick up the phone today and call GalenCarol Audio in San Antonio. They carry both Reference 3 A and Art Audio products. Let me see what they say about pairing the De Capo with this kind of amplifier. I will report back.