Amp for Coincident Super Eclipse

I have had Coincident Total Eclipse Speakers for many years now and have run
them with Atma-Sphere MA-1 OTL's primarily, yet have sampled countless
other amps for the experience of it and to evaluate the amps performance
mostly, not the usual audiophile disease of never finding satisfaction. I live in
a very fertile community of valve amp designers and builders that often enjoy
the Coincident speakers for their revealing portrayal of music and as an
evaluation tool. It would be true to say that these speakers will make very
satisfying music and perform flawlessly with much smaller amps than the
MA-1's, I have heard many times as little as three watts do a very impressive
job yet, with watts comes some authority especially in the lower ranges.
Admittedly, predisposed to valves, for my personal tastes it would be more
than a bit of a step down to drive these beauties with semi-conductor style
amps. My experience is that valves take them to a whole different place and
the matching is as close to a perfect marriage as it comes. Mr. Blume's
speakers truly do it all and will be well suited with a very wide range of
amplification. IMHO you should listen to as many different options as humanly
possible, not only will you enjoy the experience, but learn things that all our
opinions can't teach. Hopefully you have audiophiles in your local and could
have a few listening parties. Happy listening!

Matching the right amp to the right speaker is by far one of the greatest opportunities for that magic synergy in a Hifi system IMHO. Like the right cartridge to a tonearm it can make or break the reproduction of beautiful music. Being the "best" of the "best" so to speak, but not matching the needs of each other will result in something you see day in and day out here on AudioGon... people who just keep turning over gear with limited satisfaction. Like I referred to it earlier "a marriage" between the two is magic, anything else just tries to play the tune. Neither Jax2 nor AtmaSphere (Ralph) commented that AtmaSphere and Coincident have displayed at shows together in the past with nice review. Also Sue Kraft of Absolute Sound had reviewed AtmaSphere OTL's and Coincident loud speakers together and had them paired in her own reference system with excellent result. I realize a reviewer and magazine should have little to do with us buying, owning, and even loving our gear yet, I mention it because some value of observation may be helpful for you to work up a short list. I have no other connection with these two brands except for the fact that I happily own and thoroughly enjoy the music that they make and Ralph has been very kind and most helpful to me. Happy Listening!

Jax2, Please except my apologies, I meant nothing by including you and
Atmasphere in my comment to support Westborn's query, and do realize much
has been said about the combination of these two fine pieces of equipment, with
good reason. Good suggestion to see the comments on the Atma-Sphere
website. I felt that maybe with Ralph being a proprietor, he may want to assume
a more humble demeanor and stick to the facts at hand and be helpful, as he
always does. Where I, being a very happy owner and with years of first hand
experience, free of any possible appearance of conflict in interest could
unabashedly recommend his beautifully musical Atma-Sphere amps for this
application with Coincident S.E's. That's all.

Happy (OTL...maybe) Listening!