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Amp for Sopra No. 1

I have a pair of Sopra 1s coming from Focal in France. I'm familiar with their sound from hearing in local shops and on a buddy's system where he runs them with Mac monoblocks. I'm looking for a good solid-state match for these. Current amp is a Pass Labs which sounds fine, but I've been looking to move on to something a bit more oriented to rock, meaning a more solid low-end for one thing, some female vocals, along with almost anything else in lesser amounts except classical/opera. What have other Sopra owners found? Thanks.

jaybe
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audphile1
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Integrated or separates? 

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jastralfu
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Did you like your friends setup with the monoblocks?  If you did and don’t want monoblocks the MC462 would work.

kennymacc
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The extremely powerful, dynamic, and incredible sounding Hegel H590/600 is all you'll ever need to beautifully drive the speakers.  A Hegel H590/ H600 sounds utterly amazing with rock, classical, jazz, voices, or any genre of music.  I drive my Revel Salon 2 speakers with an H590 and I strongly believe that it is my last amp.  

jaybe OP
740 posts
 

Amp only

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audphile1
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Pass Labs should be fine. X250.8 would be good. 
Coda No.8 would also be a great amp. Basically  Class A/B amps that are biased into Class A for the first few watts. You need a bit of warmth with those tweeters. 

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