Amp for Martin logan CLS Originals


Hi,

I have been considering a couple of amps to pair with Martin logan CLS originals.

Any thoughts on the Mcintosh 2205(or other 200+ watt Mcintosh Solid states), Mark Levinson 23, Harmon Kardon 7.1 ?

Advice would be greatly appreciated.
dfelkai

Showing 3 responses by coltrane1

In the famous words of Robert Duvall:

"I love the smell of Napalm in the mornin', and the sound of vindication in a public forum."
Well, perhaps I've taken more than a few liberties with the quote, but you get the gest I'm sure ! ; )

Neil thanks for saving that memo. Now, where the heck do I find a pair of Arcici stands for CLS's that were so heartily recommended in the memo? They'll be enroute next week.
Celtic66 is dead on accurate. I owned CLSiiz's and used a vast variety of SS amps, namely Plinius SA250, BAT VK500, Pass Aleph 2 monos, but the best overall performance I experienced was after mating the CLS's to a pair of Manley Ref 450 mono's, that I of course acquired used. Those speakers came alive and sang with joy from power o' plenty!
The evidence is in:

The ML memo supports Nsgarch 'specs completely. Is it possible Ralph has been misquoted here, for clearly Nsgarch's specs are dead on accurate with ML's memo.

Is this like one of those Bill Clinton definitions where there's more than one definition of IS? :)