Looking for a new powerful amp.

thanks for the info guys...
I'm going to audition the Pass X350.5 and Audio Research 300.2...
I will probably not upgrade the speakers until sometime next year. the Tannoy's will do for now. Btw, the sensitivity rating on the Tannoy 1200's is 95db/1w @ 1m.

please give anymore feedback that you may have.
thanks!

Krell..bright thin component.

What kind of hash are you smoking D edwards cause it must be quite stale by now.

Stevecham I am with you I would not classify Krell as bright and thin either. Pass is a good choice as is Krell but with a 95db speaker I am not sure you need all that power. But of course if you change speakers with a more inefficent design then the power will come in handy.

Chuck

Don't forget to consider Odyssey Extreme Monoblocks. I absolutely love them. Would also try to find a pair of Intuitive Design Summits to try to audition. If you do buy a different brand of speaker, then I would NOT recommend listening to the Summits afterwards. These have an unbelievable combination of high end detail and smoothness like I've heard in no other loudspeaker--ever--at any price. They image like crazy, are balanced, and even have pretty decent bass, with a rolloff somewhere around 40 hertz. Mine are augmented with a Rel Storm 3 sub-bass unit, but the crossover is set somewhere around 28 hertz on the Rel. The combination I have now is just MAGICAL. FYI. I'm not a dealer, just a believer and owner.

I agree with dedwards. Both Krell and ARC have arid, grainy, and lean sonic characters. There are far better choices at all price points in both solid state and tubed iterations.