Advice from anyone with Tangent RS4 speakers?


It's hard to find any info on these rather obscure speakers. I bought them used several years ago. They were all the rage in the early 1980s, sold in the US only briefly and went out of business. I need a amp. I'm looking for an integrated solid-state amp for $500-600 used. If anyone knows these speakers and has advice on how to match them with an amp, I'd appreciate it. I listen to a little bit of everything, but nothing with a huge dynamic range. From reading reviews, I'm considering a NAD C370, Cambridge Audio A500, Rotel RX1050, or maybe a Rega Mira or Arcam A75.
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Don't know if anyone is around from this original thread but I have a pair of Tangent RS4s whose crossovers I am currently in the midst of trying to rebuild. I used to power them in the 80s with an Adcom GFA1 amp (200 watts/channel which I understand both Bob Carver and Nelson Pass had a hand in designing back when Adcom was based in New Brunswick, NJ, my old home town). Apparently, either time or I did a fair amount of damage to those caps (probably both) and some are hard to id, particularly one that looks like a piece of pink sugar coated candy with green, white and violet stripes? I'm working on a schematic for this crossover so I can get some expert opinion on the project. But I am new to this and am learning as I go.  If there is anyone out there interested or who could lend some assistance I would be happy to share/learn.
I set out to simply replace the caps but am beginning to question the design and wonder if it could not be improved upon. For starters it seems to have a lot of caps for a two way crossover (8 in five styles), plus 2 resistors and 3 coils. Modern designs I have looked at typically have two or three caps for 2 two way crossover.

The drivers and cabinets are in good shape and I have always liked this speaker which sports a 200mm Audax bextrene cone woofer and a 19mm KEF t27 dome tweeter, housed in a nicely crafted 42.5 liter walnut veneered mdf  cabinet,  all of which has held up amazingly well over the years.
Bruce