Aeris speakers amp

bubba12
   I've decided to sit pat and try the PL and see what it does. It only has to drive the upper end as the bottom is powered. The wavelet has analog inputs and can be used as a preamp or just for DSP. I decided on the Wavelet as my room sorely needs it and room treatment is not possible due to WAF. I will be trying out all permutations to see which sounds the best to me. I plan on taking some time  to decide about amplification. Legacy stated that the upper end is around 98db at 2.83v and only dip down to 3.8 ohms. I guess my ears will tell me if I should stick with tubes or go back to SS.
I see you have the Goldenear Reference speakers with a Mcintosh amp. I had a home demo with those (I must say Goldenear was most accommodating in that).
I thought they were fine sounding speakers and liked the fact that the bottom end was powered. Switched back and forth to my old Focus speakers and my impression was the Goldenears were better on the top end but the Focus with the 3 12" woofers outperformed it in the bass department. I was driving them with the PSA M700 monos I had at the time. For me the Goldenear was more of a step sideways instead of up. 
Do you ever use the PL on your speakers? How does it compare to the Mcintosh?

@steveindy
I have the Focus SE’s and was going to try the M700’s. I decided to compare the Legacy PowerBloc2 vs. my Plinius A/B amp and decided I liked the Plinius better. The PowerBloc was a good amp and I was impressed with it but the A/B in my opinion outperformed it. I can see class D for bass drivers but not top end. How were the M700’s?

- falconquest
Aeris speakers were finally delivered yesterday. Woo Hoo!
I had 25-30 year old Focus and PSA 250 Delta amps. I bought the M700's after one of the 250's decided to quit working. I hooked up the M700's and at first thought they sounded pretty good. After living with them for a time, a harshness and sibilance on the upper end really started to bug me. I think it was compounded by my room but at any rate I started out trying to solve the issue. As the midwoofers seemed to be the worst offenders I inspected them and could tell there were a few problems with a couple of them and I decided to replace all the upper drivers. With help from Brice at Legacy, I bought and replaced all the drivers. End result was better but there still was a quality on the upper end I didn't care for. Enter the PL Evo 400 preamp. It did soften up things a bit (and the triode mode was good for some recordings) but it still wasn't where I wanted it. Enter the PL amp. Biamped the speakers and had better results but still not completely pleased. The M700's seemed to do a good job on the lower end as I had added an attenuator to control the boominess somewhat. I finally decided that the room was all that was left to fix. Ordered the Aeris, sold the Focus, and sold the M700's. I just didn't feel the M700's were for me. Made the upper end sound sort of sterile and not engaging. My opinion is at this time a class D amp is not for me. I liked the smaller package and they do pack some power but found the musicality missing as compared to the old 250's and the PL. As class D continues to evolve I might give them  another shot down the line.

Set up the Aeris yesterday evening and I must say that in my limited listening to them so far, I was completely blown away. Best sounds I've ever had. I have not put the PL preamp into the mix yet and haven't really driven the PL amp hard. So far I'm impressed with how the PL has driven them but am suspecting monoblocking  another PL may be needed, try a different tube amp with more power, or might go back to SS. I will take a few weeks or so to decide what direction to go.

Happy listening with those Focus! I always felt they were good speakers....

@steveindy I'm glad the Aeris are working out so far. The PLs are great amps I just wasn't sure if it matched properly. Great news!

  To answer your question, I have sold the Goldenear References and the Mcintosh gear. I bought some Dynaudio Evidence Temptations and JC 1 monos. I wasn't displeased with the Goldenears but the Temptations are at another level. They like lots of power though.

@bubba12 
Wow, some speakers you got there! When you move up you really move up. I bet they do eat the power....... 
Since I don't have the M700's anymore I might buy a used SS amp just to see how it does compared to the PL.

happy listening!