Will ARC VT-100 drive Dynaudio C-1's

Agree with Casouza. For the C1, use a high current, high quality SS amplifier.

Casouza---i think most would disagree that VTL 450s or something similar would have a problem with current. this is a monitor after all---a single BAT 75SE i'm pretty sure has huge enough capacitors to supply all the current the C1 requires. tube amps are not all built like you describe.

i think a Berkeley dac direct into a pair of 450s could work magically with the C1s.

C4s i could see pretty much having to go to super tube power---so best for ss. the C1s i feel are a different animal.

Keith, my post was in light of Tater's specific question: Dynaudio + ARC VT100.

You may be correct regarding VTL 450s, I have no experience with those amps. Maybe they can push enough current into the Dynaudio's average 3 ohm impedance in the bass to make them come alive.

I did not mean to imply that tube amps are built this way or that way. I have been an user of tube amps for the past 25 years, I love tubes.

I would say a minimum of 200 clean, solid state Watts is the basic requirement for driving properly those speakers, unless Tater listens at background music levels.