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Amp for Special 40's

Hey folks!
Need help choosing an amp for Dynaudio Special 40's, budget is ~$1700 max.

1) Denon 1600NE Integrated amp

2) Schiit Freya Pre-amp + Vidar power amp

Or should I try to find something better in the used market? 
My room is pretty small so don't need a lot of volume.
Thanks.
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tomic601
12,911 posts
 
brother in law has those w EL tube VTL Integrated, great sound.
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hilde45
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My sense with the 40s is that the amp should have some power.

mikeg44
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Hegel H95 is an excellent choice if you can squeeze a few more bucks. I has built in streaming and top notch quality. I've seen one on here for $1750 
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rafaelg OP
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On a different forum people told me that H95 won't have enough power for Special 40's, so I didn't consider them.

Some people also advised me to get Focus 20XD instead of S40+ budget amp, since S40 need an expensive amp to fully unfold it's potential :/ 
julie_priest
134 posts
 
Focus XD 20 produce stellar sound. No struggle to find better amps etc, it's well tuned inside. Very, very powerful. 
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