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Amp for Vandersteen 2ci

Hi all, I am planning on upgrading my amp for my Vandersteen 2ci. I am looking for an amp with a little more power and with a budget at 2k. I currently have the B&K ST2140 amp with a Rotel RC-970BX preamp which I went to RC-995 preamp with balanced output. Their are a few amp I was thinking in no particular order:

Classe CA-200

Threshold Audio S-300

Parasound Halo A21

Krell KAV 250a

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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jasonbourne52
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You can't go wrong with any of the amps you list, including the B&K! The only apparent sonic differences will be at clipping - but who wants that! 

unsound
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McCormack

PSE

gdnrbob
4,459 posts
 

Ayre, Belles, Aesthetix, come to mind.

Amps with Zero Feedback tend to make the Vandy's shine.

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audiotroy
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jason bourne the differences in sound will be apparent way long before clipping 

 

each amplifier has its own sonic flavor

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