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Best amp pairing for Focal Kanta 1s

Currently driving Kanta 1s (acquired last week) using NAD M33 and am somewhat happy with the results but wonder if there are better matches to squeeze more out of Kantas. Any advice is greatly appreciated. 

niko79

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yyzsantabarbara
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I would not think the Be driver Kanta and the Purifi based NAD would be an ideal combo. I would think it would sound a lot like the SimAudio 860 amp and Paradigm Persona 5F I demoed once. It was great for about an hour but not for long listening sessions. 

When I was thinking of a Be driver-based speaker, I was looking to use a warm-ish amp such as Krell XD, Parasound, Anthem STR, Pass Labs, Coda. 

 

yyzsantabarbara
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Luxman would be great. Especially a used m900u. I like the KRELL XD a bit more, but they are ugly as heck while the Luxman is close in sonics and so much nicer to look at.

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