driving Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations?


I am considering driving these speakers with a high quality integrated amp such as the Luxman 590A11 (pure class A, 30 wpc) or the Luxman 509u (class AB, 120 wpc).

Has anyone been happy with Luxman or other integrated amps such as Pass etc driving the Parsifal Ovations?

Regards,

Mark

toronto416
I drive mine with Moon W-6's, the sound is effortless and never sounds strained. When I calabrate the system I have no problem hearing the 25Hz test tone.
I have listened to the Encore's with the VAC Avatar also and they did sound very good as Jmcgrogan2 stated.
I must admit that I have not heard this combo yet but I have a feeling that they will match great. So if you have dealer nearby try a Symphonic Line integrated amp. A RG 10 MK4 or RG 10 mk4 reference would do great.

However like I said I have not hear Sympohonic Line/Verity audio combo yet.
Thank-you for all your suggestions.

I have heard the Parsifal Ovations driven by the 20 wpc pure class A Luxman 550A integrated, and this sounded surprisingly wonderful. The 30 wpc big brother to that amp would be a better match (590Aii), and though I have not heard this combination, I would be willing to live with it. The Luxman 590Aii basically incorporates the Luxman M-600A amp, which is the baby brother of the M-800A.

The Luxman integrateds are very heavy, the 550 weighs 48 lbs, and the 590 weighs 66 lbs. This suggests that the transformers etc are much more massive than say the Bel Canto integrateds that all weigh-in at only 12 lbs.

I know that it is very simplistic to compare the weights of amplifiers, but surely there is some correlation between weight and performance? Do heavier amps with bigger power supplies/transformers not have more headroom than lighter amps with similar power ratings? How would you, for example, compare the 150 wpc Bel Canto integrated at 12 lbs to the 120 wpc Luxman 509u at 63 lbs? Is there a specification that better expresses what I am grasping at?

I am not trying to pick on Bel Canto integrateds as I am not familiar with them, I simply noted that they were pretty light compared to the Luxmans when I looked them up.

Is there more to weight than just over-engineering?
The Bel Canto integrated is a so-called Class D amp, so the weight comparison is not strictly valid.