Just bought a pair of GMA continuum 1s...

I'm excited.

I suggested to the seller that he/she contact you prior to shipping. Thanks for the help.

I have a question about my amp. I have a very nice headphone amp right now... which does me no good for speakers. My only amp for the time being is an integrated 50wpc Pioneer that is somewhere around 10-15 years old.

I know this is far from ideal. Is there any reason I shouldn't use this in the meantime before I pickup a better amp? I guess my main thought is that maybe it will under-power the woofers which, in turn, may generate heat and damage the drivers. I thought I heard that this can happen, but I'm not sure to be honest. What do you think?

I will not be pushing these speakers to extremely high SPLs (I'm more of a quiet-to-moderate listener) so hopefully my amp will stay reasonably low on the distortion curve.

I used to push a pair of Paradigm Atoms with it and they sounded surprisingly good... and the Atoms are rated as having about the same efficiency as the C1s... so I'm hopeful that my little Pioneer will tow the line until funds allow an upgrade.

The Pioneer amp will be fine. The speakers are an easy load for any amp, and the Pioneer has enough power to play quite loud. I doubt you will hurt it.

The quality of the source, that is, the CD player and the interconnects hooked to it, matter more than your amplifier, so always upgrade those first.

Best regards,
Roy Johnson
Designer
Green Mountain Audio

GMAs have sounded great everytime I have heard them. Always one problem- WAF ,says they don't look Victorian!

Dude,
you are going to fall in love with those speakers !! Make sure
you follow Royi set up guidelines and the images will captivate you in a 3-Dimensional way ( that you didn't know existed).I really love my Calypso's and think that they speak in a very special way.Hope this helps and welcome aboard! Cheers Dennis

Djembeplay,
I will add my 'welcome to GMA club' salutation! :-)
Like Royj I feel that you got an incredible deal! I think that you will enjoy listening to these speakers immensely - they are "organic", real, vibrant & immediate in their sound. These speakers should involve you & bring out the emotion in the music. I personally feel that Green Mtn Audio makes the best cone-driver speakers in the market.
Additionally, you will find that dealing with Roy will be a pleasure - he is a fine gentleman, always very helpful re. shipping, re. tweaks, re. setup, re. diagnosing any issues you might in your setup & is very passionate about building speakers that sound right.