Any suggestions for electronics for these speakers. Something that would do them justice but moderately priced. Is McIntosh a good match or is there something better in that price range? Ie: Spectral, ARC, Krell. Looking for bang for the buck but not cheat the speaker either.
The ARC Ref 160 monos, ARC power supplies are monsters that enable the amps to grab and slam the bottom end as well as anything I have heard to date.
With high output impedance of .7ohm of the Ref-160’s into the Alexia’s .9ohm epdr bass they may sound good. But surely not against the D’Agostino Momentum S250, or even a Gryphon Antilleon in the bass with these Alexia’s.
Stereophile: The Audio Research Reference 160M’s measured performance appears to be affected by the design team’s decision not to use a lot of loop negative feedback. It will offer relatively high levels of low-order harmonic distortion when the load impedance is less than the nominal output transformer tap.
George: In my home, the only difference in bass response between the Dag Momentum S250 and the Audio Research amps was the quality of the bass, not the depth or slam. The quality of ss and tube bass are quite different as is the midrange---but re slam--I could not tell the difference nor could an experienced recording engineer who sat with me during the evaluation. Stereophile measurements are important-but more important is what you hear when you hook things up. That being said, as I've said many times on this forum, the Dag amps are great and would be my solid state choice for Wilson.
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