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Amp for VA Beethovens?

I am upgrading to the Vienna Acoustics Beethovens from the VA Mozarts. I have been using a Creek 5350SE int. amp which is 85w at 8ohms and 150w at 4ohms. The Mozarts are 6ohm speakers, and the Beethovens are 4ohm. While I am sure that the Creek will power the Beethovens, I think that I would be better off with something more powerful. I would prefer another integrated amp, but am willing to either add an amp to the Creek, or get a matched set. Any suggestions? Thanks
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michaela
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You don't mention your budget but here's a couple of suggestions: I have the Beethovens but will be selling them soon as I move up the food chain, so these are from personal experience. At the rather expensive range, a MAC MC2102 was the best followed by a Sonic Frontiers Power 2. Down the line, I had a Classe CA200 that was also great with the Beethovens and lastly both a proceed AMP2 and believe it or not an Outlaw 750 also worked well. I guess the moral is, the Beethovens work well with most amps but I would look for an amp that's fairly powerful.

Good Luck, Mike.
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