Best amps for Janszen speakers?


I own a pair of Janszen Valentina's which I love and have been powering them with the 70 watt PrimaLuna Prologue Sevens. Had the EL34 power tubes and just switched to the KT 77s - which sounds pretty amazing. 

But I'm curious. I've read good stuff about Linear Tube Audio amps but they are only 50 watts, and also suggestions for a 250 watt solid state amp.

Suggestions, on amps that would work even better?

 

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Showing 1 response by mike_in_nc

I’ve used my pair of Valentinas with various solid-state amps. The Classé CA-2300 was great, but I could hear its fan running, so I didn’t buy it. If your room is noisier than mine and you can try one (it’s a discontinued model), it might be worth a listen.

However, there are other good choices that don't have fans. Ones I owned and liked very much were the Audio by Van Alstine FET Valve 400R (possibly now discontinued) and my current Apollon monoblocks based on PuriFi 1ET400A Class-D modules. The Pass X250.8 was great also, if you like the slightly romantic Pass sound and can deal with the 400W of heat at idle.

I have never tried a tube amp with the Valentinas for non-sonic reasons (I don’t want the waste heat, nor the cost of periodic re-tubing), so I can’t comment on possibilities there.