fowler,
See my post on this thread:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1106301073&read&3&4&
You're heading in the right direction. Any of those amps you list should sound great with the Special 25s, but make sure to audition before buying. Definitely go for a tube preamp. The ones I mentioned in that thread above I know for sure sound great with dyn - Hovland, Supratek, Nagra. I'm sure there are plenty of others.
See my post on this thread:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1106301073&read&3&4&
You're heading in the right direction. Any of those amps you list should sound great with the Special 25s, but make sure to audition before buying. Definitely go for a tube preamp. The ones I mentioned in that thread above I know for sure sound great with dyn - Hovland, Supratek, Nagra. I'm sure there are plenty of others.