Amp advice for Sound Lab M-2's


Looking for opinions for a amp to use with my Sound Lab M-2 speakers. I am down to considering the Bryston 7b – SST, Parasound JC – 1, and the new Sanders Sound ESL amp. The former owner of the M-2’s used a Pass X-350, but I found that it sounded dry, and very thin. No warmth at all. Lots of older Krells out there, great bottom ends, but again often very cool sounding. I’m not that familiar with the Levinson’s, another option, maybe. The Sound Labs do need a good honest 300 watts > 8 ohms, and 600 watts > 4 ohms. Most amps don’t have the combination of voltage and current ratings to handle the speakers. I am leaning towards the Brystons. Overall they seem to be an amp that is easy to live with, while maybe not the best over all, they do a lot right. Ideas and experiences appreciated. By the way, the listening room is 23x21, with a ceiling that is 9 feet on one long wall, and slopes up to 16 feet on the other long wall. 15 feet of the highest long wall is open right in the middle of the wall. So the room can really suck up speaker output. Thanks.
gammastrep
Chris-did you ever use the mod from jafox for the brillance
control in your speaker;if you did,how were your results?
Hi Rleff, I haven't done any modification yet. I think you can use a single resistor for the brillance control. But it should be noted that this single resistor could be a mismatch if you for instance change amplifiers or in case of another acoustical environment (another listening room). So this resistor should be easily replaced by another. It would be ideal to use some kind of socket to accommodate the resistor (so you can insert the resistor legs into it without soldering). But as you know there are much more suggestions how to modify the Soundlab crossover. I can refer to the extensive discussions you can find at the SLOG forum.

Chris