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GMA Europa owners, what amps do you use?

I am in the process of evaluating the Europas with a 45 Watt tube amp and a pair of solid state monos. After preliminary comparisons, I can see strengths of both approaches. I am wondering what other GMA owners are using to power their speakers.
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viggen
838 posts
 
There's this guy using the gaincard.

http://sakurasystems.com/show/dave.html
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drubin
3,274 posts
 
I also use the Panasonic XR45 with Europas in a 2 channel HT setup. It sounds wonderful.
richs
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I use a Musical Fidelity A308 integrated. I haven't tried different amps with the Europas, but I love the MF, and I would guess it mates pretty well. It has plenty power. It also has very detailed, extended highs, which go very well the the Europas detailed, yet slightly soft sound. (soft to my ears maybe because I've justed switched from Thiel 1.6's)
petewhitley
163 posts
 
I used a Vecteur Club Six to power my Europas. At 60 WPC it wasn't nearly enough and I blew a tweeter. According to Roy you should have at least 120 solid state watts or 60 tube watts to drive the Europas properly.
suits_me
121 posts
 
>According to Roy you should have at least 120 solid state watts or 60 tube watts to drive the Europas properly.

I don't think this is what Roy says to everyone. This is what he says for people like Pete Whitley who crank it up loud.

Maybe Warrenh has some amp suggestions for the Europas....
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