Best power amp to match Sonus Extrema speakers


Looking for an amp or mono-block amps to match a pair of Sonus Faber Extrema speakers. Wonderful & Incredible speakers but very inefficient to drive. Need an amp with guts and finesse.

Should I go tubes or SS or Hybrid for power amp ?

Budget is under 10K on the used market.

All the best to help my situation.

Yanni
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I owned Extrema for years as well, and I will recommend solid state for Extrema as much as I hate solid state. I had Sonic Frontiers Power 3 (220wpc) pushing them for most of the time, but 10% of music I played would clip the Power 3. I guess if I invest in dedicate outlets for the Power 3, it would not have happened.

Pass X600 will be my number one choice. At the time I had Extrema, McCormack DNA-2 was the best, ever surpassed Rowland 8TiHC.