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Triton Two owners...amp advice please

I have owned the Tritons now for about 3 months and couldn't be happier. I am currently driving them with the NAD T-765 receiver and it is adequate. But I'm ready to step up and utilize it as a pre-amp and have a budget of $3k. I'm currently considering the McIntosh MC 2255 or the Vincent mk-331, but would love to hear any advice offered by board members. Thanks in advance for any help offered...
lensteve
johnnyb53
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How 'bout a Rogue Cronus Magnum? That would be my first choice without getting into stupid money.
branislav
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I don't see much sense in separates in an easy to drive speaker with a powered woofer.
johnnyb53
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11-14-11: Branislav
I don't see much sense in separates in an easy to drive speaker with a powered woofer.
True; they don't need an amp made to deliver gobs of current into a highly reactive load, but the Tritons are very resolving speakers that reveal differences in the quality of upstream electronics. That's why I suggested the Rogue integrated amp.

Absolute Sound did a review of these and commented

...it is relatively high in sensitivity (91dB) and an extremely easy load to drive ... As a result, the Triton Two can be driven to very satisfying volume levels by only moderately powerful amplifiers, though it is—as you might expect—very sensitive to amplifier quality. Sandy Gross, for example, drives his personal pair of Triton Twos with a relatively small, low-output SET amplifier...
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