Amplifier for Harbeth 40.2

People telling me pass 260.8 monoblocks overkill but damn soundwise great makes me kinda curious about the 600.8....

Strikes me that one perhaps unusual feature of the Harbeth's is how they respond to lots of amps of different wattage.  I'm sure they'd sound great with 600.8's; personally, I'd be much more curious to hear them mated with a XA25.

Owning 3 different pairs of Harbeth speakers, if I were to "win" a pair of 40s, I would go solid state. The HL5s remained pretty dark with up to 70 watts of EAR  tube power. But when there is that Benchmark Amp out there now, no excuses are left.

I've heard them with Rossi amps and they sounded great.  I enjoy them a lot.  I still like Vandy's better, but would easily live with Harbeth's and a glass of wine and be very happy. 

The Vinnie Rossi seems to come up again and again pretty sure they are 75-100 watts I'm running an LFD NCSE on my 40.2's which is 75 a channel and it's an excellent pairing as well.

More power can't hurt but you might want to try a few amps out and see what works for you - from what I understand it's not just about power or type of amplification with Harbeth so there may be some trial and error involved to determine what works best for you.

Sounds like you're willing to shell out a few bucks here might be worth finding a dealer who has a variety of options that you can try out - you'll know it when you hear it for sure...