Aerius i and VTL IT 85

Steve, I drive my M-L ReQuests with a CJ premier 11a which is 70 watts per channel. It is a wonderful match within the constraints of not being able to play very loud. You have to consider what type of music you enjoy and how loud you like to listen. I feel the CJ made a substantial improvement in the "sound" over the Hafler DH500 I had and that could easily drive the ReQuests. I like the singer songwriters like Greg Brown, Anders Osborne, Elizya Gilkenstein, Rickie Lee Jones and such and the CJ does fine. I miss the dynamic range and power of solid state when I have a few and toss on the Hendrix or Tragically Hip.
For 80-90 percent of the listening I do, tubes will do it.
Now having said all that, I do plan to upgrade to premier 12's for more tube power in the future. I have a dedicated room for listening and Logans do love and need power. BUT I cannot and will not give up tubes. Happy listening!

I've run these speaker with the VTL Tiny Triodes and they loved them. This is a very bright speaker and the VTL gear mellows them.

Wow, that helps alot. Thank you! I listen to a wide variety of music, nothing classical. ELO, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, and more progressive stuff, like house, trance, etc.

I suspected the set up would be alright, especially after auditioning it at the dealer. But $2500 is still a lot of money to me! and I wanted to be sure I wasn't going to regret it.

o boy, i can't wait to hear that sound in my own apartment!

(you can see I actually decided to create a name for myself here... Dennis being my middle name; the menace... well, I'll leave that to your imagination: think, apartment buildings with thin walls and "quiet" neighbors!)