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Amp for Vandersteen 2ci

Hi all, I am planning on upgrading my amp for my Vandersteen 2ci. I am looking for an amp with a little more power and with a budget at 2k. I currently have the B&K ST2140 amp with a Rotel RC-970BX preamp which I went to RC-995 preamp with balanced output. Their are a few amp I was thinking in no particular order:

Classe CA-200

Threshold Audio S-300

Parasound Halo A21

Krell KAV 250a

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

highend64

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holmz
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@highend64 i have had all sorts of amp on a 2C.

  • PSE (SS)
  • VTL compact 100 (EL34)
  • NAD 3040 (SS)
  • PrimaLuna (EL 34)
  • AIYAMA Class-D)

They all sounded pretty good… even the $70 AIYAMA was good enough.

The PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP was $2k used, and the main thing I don’t like is that the Mrs has to turn it on with a tie poke of the switch… and a trigger, and balanced XLR.

But I have been considering Class-D (Like the Atmasphere amp which is beyond the $2k budget) or a Purifi derivative.

 

Your speaker is easy to drive… any in your list will likely sing fine.

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holmz
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@highend64 is that a step up from the B&K?
(Or a sideways step… aka sidestep?)

if you do not have a subwoofer, then I would suggest that it could/should be a better, or more sure improvement, than just swapping amps.

 

Not sure about your preamp, but they can also be a source of improvement… so I’ll just assume that your’s is a keeper.

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