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Amp for kef reference 1

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I recently purchased a pair of kef reference 1's.  I had heard these and fell in love.  I had a chance to purchase a few weeks ago and the pairing with my musical fidelity m6i just doesn't work.  Having said that I LOVE this amp, but it doesn't seem right for this application.  It was a fantastic pairing with my totem forests, but this is no longer ideal.  The M6i also works seamlessly with my bryston bda dac.  This really added to the former kit, but these kef's are fussy.  Does anyone have any recommendations?  The hegel h360 keeps popping up, but does anyone have any other suggestions? Also, does anyone have any ideas as to why this musical fidelity is not working with this speaker?
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Amp for kef reference 1

These are 80-85db efficient, so a good 120- to 300w @ 8ohms will do, and they are a quite easy load around 4ohms with very low -phase angle.

https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/images/stories/loudspeakermeasurements/kef_reference_1/impedance.g...

https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/images/stories/loudspeakermeasurements/kef_reference_1/electrical_...


They are flagship model and deserve a flagship amp, if I owned them and had the funds I look at a high class-A bias class-A/B amp to get the sweetness, these Class-A/B Gryphon Diablo’s would be nice the 120 or if you have the extra the 300

https://gryphon-audio.dk/shop/integrated-amplifiers/diablo-120/

https://gryphon-audio.dk/shop/integrated-amplifiers/gryphon-diablo-300-integrated-amplifier/

BTW MF amps to me have always been a bit too surgical sounding, and they have lot of gain usually which brings up the noise floor, Antony Michaelson seems to love gain, not a good match for these Kefs, to be a relaxing listen.

Cheers George

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