Amp Upgrade for Aerial 10t's


I've got a pair of Aerial 10t's driven with a MacIntosh-7106 amplifier. The amps 6 channels are bridged to 3 at 200 watts each (third is for Aerial Center Channel). I'm looking for recommendations for upgrading the amp. My thought is to use the 7106 on the center still and get something new to drive the 10t's.

Two amps on my research list are the Plinius SA-250 and the BAT VK-500.

Any recommendations are appreciated.

-Mike
mfishhead

Showing 3 responses by yioryos

I own the 10T's too.I intent to use a pair of Rogue M150's on the top with a Rogue Zeus on the bottom,in a bi-amp mode.
I do have all the amps e.t.c at home in storage at the moment due to my ever ongoing renovations,I am hoping to be done in the next few months.
Regards
George
Dan_ed Hi
I like to share this experience with you.I bought my Aerial's from none other but Gilbert of Blue Circle Audio.The guy goes through speakers a lot in his demo room.
The day I brought them home I had nothing avalaible to drive them with to check the operational status.Please note that I had my system dismantled due to starting renovations.
I did however had my Conrad Johnson MV-55 still on the rack,and guess what I hooked it up.NO PROBLEM.I was going to play for an hour and ended up playing music the whole night.The speakers are great and did a good job on 45W per side as you know the MV-55 provides.Actually I left everything wired and played some more music the following day while packing.
Best regards
George
Dan Thanks
I agree,what I was trying to say is that although not optimal one can still get by with a smaller amp on the 10T's.
Now Holennecks's Krell is a very nice amp and I am sure it does a fine job pushing the 10t's.What I will do is use my Zeus on the bottom and the M150's on the top.According to Mark'o'brian @Rogue the Zeus will drive anything out there by it self.When told him about bi-amping with the M150's he caaled me "nuts".Anyway if not satisfied with the above solution I still got my mint ML27.5 to drive them with in fact I got my eyes open for a second one in a 9/10 condition with the intention to bi-amp the 27.5
All the best and enjoy the hobby.
George