I had four pairs of CLS's and a number of different amps. They love tubes like any of the ARC amps and they really love Pass Aleph 2's. The key with CLS's is to get the bass off of the panels by using a subwoofer below 90Hz so that there will be less IM distortion.
A friend of mine drives his with a Mark Levinson no. 27, and they sound fabulous. If you go solid state, it needs lots of power, those MLs go down to 1 ohm.
depends on ur $..to handle the load and the push ...high powered VTL...or get high powered solid state...classe, bryston or Mcintosh above 250 RMS/ch or 5802 adcom .. with tube pre amp.. U also probably need a pair of tight subwoofer ..short well define 'hit' with 8 to 10 inches woofer
I have a pair of CLS II's (older model = tougher load) and plan to drive them with a Krell KSA 300S and a tubed pre. I have talked to many and all agree this amp is a perfect mate. I have heard this combo and the synergy is great.
You must have a verified phone number and physical address in order to post in the Audiogon Forums. Please return to Audiogon.com and complete this step. If you have any questions please contact Support.
