Please help me find an amp


Hello everyone, I haven't been able to stay up to date with the latest trends and new audiophile products.

I was hoping I could rely on your expertise to pick an amplifier either a single-chassis dual-mono design or mono blocs that:

-extremely low noise floor,
-slightly warm but not bloated,
-can retrieve subtle nuances, low-level detail
-quality at low volumes,
-preferably slightly forward as opposed to reserved, bright as opposed to dark...
-PRAT, bass...
-power efficiency and power consumption must be low, or lower than it's peers.
-versatility ( I listen to virtually everything, and might occasionally watch a movie in stereo )
-should be able to make sub-90db speakers "sing"

I'm not against tubes but would prefer to have either a high maintence woman or a high maintenance piece of electronic equipment, not both :)

Not even sure such a product exists, probably not...but had to try :)
cagliostro
If I had very sensitive speaker as you do I would have to say a bat vk-60 or Sonic Frontiers Power 2 for tube and for ss bat vk-500 or audio research d400mk2 and I would highly recommend a Sonic Frontiers Line 1 preamp.
Given the efficiency of you speakers you might go with the Rowland Continuum 250 or the Rowland Capri pre-amp and the 201 monoblocks or the 102 stereo amp.

You need to make your amp and pre-amp choice together. They don't have to be the same brand, but your objectives would point toward something like Rowland, Bel Canto, or a couple of others.

Dave
hi cagliostro:

i would suggest that you listen to some amplifiers in your own system. only you can decide if an amplifier satisfies the criteria you have established as meaningful.

why let someone else tell you what an amplifier sounds like, when you can decide for yourself ?

perhaps you should set an upper $$ limit for your purchase and listen to as many amps as posssible within your price range.