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I need SS muscle

After thinking long and hard about a speaker change, I've decided to keep my VR4 HSE's and relieve one of my cary V12's
(one powers L & R upper units and another powers the L & R lower units)and power the bass units with a good SS amp.
If i'm going to go through the expense of another amp, I want a decent used one in good condition. Brands that come to mind are Bryston,Classe,Levinson Krell and Mac right off the bat.
Does anyone have any models of these brands or others that would offer good synergy with my current setup and enough watts for the power hungry bass units(maybe 2 ohm load at certain freq's)
russe41
blindjim
3,092 posts
 
ps.

those twin tweeters will definitely like the butler. having had the 4JRs I can atest to that and understand why you chose the V12. BTW imaging is near tactile with the Butler 5150 with far less power than it's bigger sibling, the 2250..
dob
577 posts
 
Albert Von Schweikerts developed all his speakers using very powerful Spectron Audio amplifiers. Both are synergistic for this reason alone. No mystery...

Good Luck in Your Search
Rafael
nglazer
846 posts
 
I own VR5 HSE's and for years have happily been using a Krell 300cx amp. Plenty of muscle, but sensitive (in the musical sense)too! Works very well with these speakers, to which I am deeply committed. You need to match speaker cables well -- nothing too "hot." Pre is Wyetech Opal.

Neal
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jgiacalo
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I had a similar problem with my VR4JRs and solved the problem by bi-amping them with a used Bryston 4BST for the bass and Mac tubes for the mids and tweeters. It sounds rilly, rilly good now. Even used, the Bryston warranty is hard to beat.
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