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Please recommend amp or integrated for Polk LSI 15

Downsizing my entire system and picked up a BN
pair of Polk LSI 15's locally to hold me over for awhile
and am pretty shocked & pleased at how musical they are!
My delima is that while I now have the perfect
amp & pre amp (Wyred4sound & PS Audio)I am selling
them as well as part of the downsize.
So, knowing they love power, does anyone have experience
with a good matching amp or integrated? (preferred)
Would like to keep it under or around ~$1k plus or minus.
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timrhu
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I owned the LSi-15s about two years ago and agree they are very nice sounding speakers. Much more refined than I expected. During the time I owned them I used two different integrated amps, a Portal Panache, and a Classe CAP-151.
Even though the Portal was only 100 watts versus the Classe's 150 watts, I much preferred the sound with the Portal. The Portal Panache is a very natural and robust sounding amp which was a good match with the Polks. Good luck with your search.
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knownothing
1,606 posts
 
Try NAD C372. Good sound, low price, lots of head room. Abbreviated review here:

http://nadelectronics.com/reviews/Stereophile-C372-Review

Interested to hear about Polk LSi's.
telescope_trade OP
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Thanks for the posts guy's! Owned the Portal and really
liked it a lot. If it only had a remote! I have to
have a remote.
Read a lot about the NAD C372, and owned a lot on NAD
in the past and think it's realy great gear. I am looking
in maybe a Krell or MF integrated!? Any thoughts? I am
amazed with the imaging of these speakers and want a
good enough amp to retain that.
Might just have to keep what I have if all else fails.

Any other suggestions?

Can stretch budget to maybe $1300-$1400
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