Thank you all for the very informative posts.
For whatever reason, I saw horn and completely blocked the other options from QS out of my line of sight. But there they are with several power levels. I do not see where audible illusions makes tube amps, but I assume I don't necessarily have to stay with the same brand for amps and preamps.
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This site is so over my head, I struggle to navigate the webpage. I'm afraid I may have been more ignorant than initially expected.
I am not familiar with the single ended amps and have only picked up limited information from my lurking. It seems the general idea is these guys can be powered with minimal (<5 watts) efficiently. That blows my mind. But will they get loud if it needs to get loud. Currently, these speakers are set up in a loft area. The loft is roughly 15-20 feet above a "great room." The listening would be in the loft with the speakers. Similarly, let's say for instance I worked my television into this setup for good two channel sound in movies. Would the 5 watts or less be enough, or am I wrong in thinking that would be impacted? In this setup (streaming/downloaded content, vinyl, television/bluray, etc.) are my options more limited? This is what I would ultimately like to achieve. I know some preamps don't include phono, but I have no problem adding one.
I see some mono options in the 100 watts plus category. Overkill? I fear that with the room setup, I would buy top quality equipment, but with the lack of power, it would be lost in the room.
I have always been a fan of McIntosh amps but worry about them not having some of the modern conveniences. I do not know this to be true, but was my initial thought. Has anyone successfully used, from Rogue Audio, an rp-1 or rp-5 with a set of their monoblocks with horn speakers? I may be back in overkill territory.
Thank you all for reading the above rambling. I know there is no "right" answer, but I certainly do appreciate any and every bit of information I can gather. As I embarrassingly didn't give a ton of information with my initial post, I hope some of the above can shed some light onto my objectives. I look forward to the responses! Thanks!
