Dave,
Your Conrad Johnson will definitely have enough power!
I'm driving the Helicon 800s with 180w, and I think it is more than adequate. The lowest power I heard them driven with was an Ayre 70w and I would say that was not enough, so the answer for the minimum must be somewhere above that. More will always be better. Perhaps over 150w?
I do think that once you have enough power, the Dali's arent that amp fussy from my experience, and also from what I have read.
I had an experience with a 100w Primare on Dynaudio speakers, and we just could not get them to sing.
Your Conrad Johnson will definitely have enough power!
I'm driving the Helicon 800s with 180w, and I think it is more than adequate. The lowest power I heard them driven with was an Ayre 70w and I would say that was not enough, so the answer for the minimum must be somewhere above that. More will always be better. Perhaps over 150w?
I do think that once you have enough power, the Dali's arent that amp fussy from my experience, and also from what I have read.
I had an experience with a 100w Primare on Dynaudio speakers, and we just could not get them to sing.