just heard a pair of 3.6's driven by an AR reference amp and preamp. About 100 watts of tube power. Very nice soundstage and ambience with a very beautiful presentation on soft, acoustic, orchestra dns generally simpler music. But they did get congested on more complex and rock music. There was no hump there on the drums and the bass was a bit bloated.
We put in a McCormack DNA .5 deluxe amp and it drove the speakers much better on the complex and harder stuff. It also sounded nice on the simpler music, but the bloom of the tubes was missing. more detail and space but a lack of that beauty. Perhaps it could have opened up more with a preamp that has more bloom than the AR. Overall I did prefer this sound to th tubed AR amp, but ultimately I would want that beauty back if I owned the speaker while retaining the drive they need.
We put in a McCormack DNA .5 deluxe amp and it drove the speakers much better on the complex and harder stuff. It also sounded nice on the simpler music, but the bloom of the tubes was missing. more detail and space but a lack of that beauty. Perhaps it could have opened up more with a preamp that has more bloom than the AR. Overall I did prefer this sound to th tubed AR amp, but ultimately I would want that beauty back if I owned the speaker while retaining the drive they need.