Help me power my Kappa 8.1's please!

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any more thoughts guys?

The Audire Otez can be found at the top of your budget. It’s not pretty, but it’s a powerhouse that sounds absolutely wonderful. Mine has dislodged McIntosh monoblocks among many other fine, higher dollar amps. This amp drives the hell out of my ADS L2030’s. While they’re more efficient and an easier load than your Infinities, I don’t think it’ll break a sweat given it can double down all the way to 800 wpc at 2 ohms.

There’s one on Reverb now that I know can be had just over your budget (~$1000 + shipping). Might be able to find another one for less if you’re patient, but they don't come up for sale very often.

Thanks @matt0404, will look into that one tonight... 

Any love for the Onkyo Integra A-8170 in the forum??  One came up locally on CL and it got me thinking.  For $250!?

Super sounding integrated amplifier. The amp is conservatively rated at 80 watts at 8 ohm per channel, and more than double at 4 ohms, and has lots of audio headroom. The amp will drive low impedance speaker loads without strain.

Power is rated at 80 w/ch continuous into 8 ohms, and dynamic power is 115 w/ch into 8 ohms, 170 w/ch into 4 ohms, and 224 w/ch into 2 ohms. Damping factor is 50, and harmonic distortion at rated power is 0.008%.

I use Threshold amps for my Infinities. I bought an S/200 for a reasonable price. There are deals out there.

I bought a Yamaha S-801...  ($660 delivered - factory refurb)

it was always on my radar but the more i read and thought about my needs the more it rose to the top.

I’ll report back soon!