Sonus Faber Amati, who knows it?

They tend to like a bit of power. I have heard them with the ARC's, BAT's and a number of solid state I will not mention. The BAT tube amps sounded the best on them. The ARC's were way too hard sounding on these speakers.

The Amatis are some amazing sounding speakers. I have heard them on Krell FPB seris amps and there really seems to be a synergy there. The fit and finish is second to none and are sonically in the same league (if not better than) many speakers in the $20k price range.

I heard them not long after they got rave reviews from Michael Fremer and Martin Colloms. The dealer's electronics -- top Mark Levinson and Meridian units -- were unfamiliar to me, as was the cabling. I found them pretty boring and quite uninvolving, which surprised the heck out of me. Had the same experience last weekend at the same dealer, this time with Revel Studios (and this time with a friend who had the same reaction). Must be my tube bias or something.