Audio Refinement Complete owners: please advise


I have recently acquired an Audio Refinement Complete and would appreciate hearing what speakers other ARC owners are driving with this amp. My room is fairly large: 17x28 w/ 15 foot ceilings. I listen to acoustic "mainstream"
Jazz, blues, 60's/70's rock, singer songwriters (Hiatt, Thompson,Prine, etc), folk and some Country. I like some volume but nothing close to ear-bleed levels. Can this amp drive large floor-standers such as Paradigm Ref. Studio 100V2, or can it only handle monitors????? Thanks!
stuartk

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I'm in a similar boat. I had been using some small spica TC-50's with the Complete. I'm now in a bigger room (14x22x11), so I've been trying to find a good floor stander. I've auditioned several so far... Dynaudio Audience 122 and 72 both had a nice quality to the sound, but really taxed the amp...I liked the JM Lab Cobalt 816 and 826 better and were easier to drive...I haven't tried the ref studio 100's but did try the ARC with the Reference Esprit and it just didn't sound good...vocals weren't as clear and didn't have a natural quality...I also tried Phase Tech. and Def. Tech. floorstanders, neither of which I liked (I've subsequently forgotten what models they were)...I'm waiting to try the Zu Druids based on a knowledgeable recommendation...

Let me know how your search progresses

ps. I used Prine, Lucinda Williams, Nat Adderly, Joe Strummer, and The Hellacopters in my auditions