Raidho D1's and recommendations for amplifiers


Have Raidho D1's arriving in a few days and am now reconsidering my amp. I was planning sell my Clayton M200 monoblocks as a package with my old speakers. I was considering using Coincident Dragon Mk II (75w triode) monoblocks but reading various forums I get the impression these may not be adequate and D1's do best with 150w or more solid state amps. I'm looking for comments on suitability of Dragons and comments on alternatives that are known to be ideal with D1's.

Thanks
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@qbndds - What amp do you have now? BTW the D1.1's sound a lot better than the original D1's so I would say it was a good thing you couldn't pull the trigger last year. Otherwise you would be looking at getting them upgraded.

Anyhow back to the amp. When I had D1's I had an Octave V110 tube integrated w/black box and it sounded great. Then I upgraded to the D2's. Only at very high listening levels did the Octave fall apart (mids and highs would increase in volume but the lows stayed the same). I think that was more of a tube characteristic so after the Axpona 2015 show I bought the Aavik U300. I think you should listen to the D1.1's with your current amp first  Then audition different amps to get the sound you're looking for. If you like the Aavik check out Jeff Rowland and Soulution. Burmester is also very good and a little warmer sounding.

Good Luck 
Kin, can you describe the difference in sound between the dartZeel and Soluution amps with your Raidho?
@xti16 
I just bought a Jeff Rowland Continuum S2 not hooked up yet to pair up with the Raidho D1.1 s will let you know the outcome!
@qbndds                                                                                                                        Congrats on the JR. Even though I haven't heard the JR with Raidho's I've read they are a great match. After all Raidho used the JR's at a lot of demos before the Aavik was released.