What amp for Goldenear Reference speakers?

Great info.  This is absolutely not a critical listening setup.  Big room, not great acoustics and usually listen from a BlueNode and occasionally things streamed from the internet (Brain Damage Pink Floyd podcast).  I have an older Marantz MK11 that was used in a home theater that could be recycled as the pre/pro for this setup.  

I'd absolutely love to put together a "nice" system but it's been over a decade for me and it seems like everything is new and confusing to me!

I have an older Marantz MK11 that was used in a home theater that could be recycled as the pre/pro for this setup.  

No, don't do that but do look at some high-powered integrated amps. You said you play loud, you'll need a big boy amp.  

heard them several times being driven by a primaluna tube amp.  

the GE powered woofers do not require much power for very loud sound and the PL amps delivered a smooth refinement that made for nice synergy.  

Rogue tube amp. And I'm not really a tube guy, but they are great with GEs.

When I had my T1s the best match I had was Odyssey Stratos Plus with Tube Preamp. I personally did not think tubes were a great match although on paper you would think probably would be. They had just slamming bass with the Odyssey and really big powerful sound. Good stuff.