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Speaker Pairing With Amplifier

Hello everyone! Just joined. I recently just bought a pair of MartinLogan Motion 35XTi speakers and I’m enjoying them, however my amplifier is... A bit lackluster for them. I’m running a Technics SA-R230 AVR from the late 80s, it has enough power, but it’s just not driving them to the full potential.

 

I’m thinking if I go vintage of getting a Harman Kardon Citation 12, or going modern and getting a PM6007 or PM7000N. Maybe a Rega io, was curious if anyone has some real world experience with good pairings for ribbon tweeter speakers. They can be a bit... Picky.

 

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations to go with?

 

Thanks everyone and I’m happy to be here.

 

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astal OP
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elliottbnewcombjr
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astal

I sit corrected, funny they did that, but there you have it!

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astal OP
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It’s wild that they did that, as an amp it’s mediocre as expected but for the $25 I paid for it I can’t make any real complaints, it’s competent with my old JBL Studio S38IIs, but the pairing with the slightly more exotic ribbon tweeters is not a good one. They sounded better when I demoed them for sure with a Marantz on them, but nearly 40 years of technology improvements can do that.

 

On your recommendation with power, I'm going to try and stretch to a refurbished C388, 350W 4 ohm dynamic power, which should really help them shine. If I can't I'll go C368 @ 200W.

secretguy
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Oops...didn't realize he already ordered something. Ignore the message.

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