Decent Power Amplifier for Rotel RA 6000 Amplifier

Hi,
Thank you for responding.

Yes it has ok power but I want a power amp to accommodate for future speaker upgrades, for more demanding speakers when need be. Instead of spending money on amps/sources I'd rather spend the money on better speakers. The amps/sources will stay constant but the speaker will continually be upgraded or improved.

Speakers at the moment are low budget $6000 Canton Vento DC 886 floor-standing. The Rotel will drive them fine but as mentioned these speakers will be replaced by bigger better speakers. I am considering some AudioSoultion Figaro XL.

So an amp that will suit the Figaro XLs.

Budget around $5000.

Aah thanks for that.

I have the Marantz SACD 30N streamer CD player, so this will one day act as a preamplifier once I find a decent power amplifier, the Rotel will become redundant after some time. This is the reason in seeking power amp.

@kofibaffour Yes you are 100 percent correct. I won't be listing at those levels. Moderate 80dB is sufficient or low level SPL.

Room is decent size tho, at 7m x 6m, carpet, sofa and thick contains as acoustics. So the headroom SPL comes in handy if needed.

Reckon the Klipsch RF7iii would be even better at 100dB efficiency and 1000 watts peak power?

Thank you for info.

@soix "significant bottleneck".. That's interesting. What do you mean cause "bottleneck"??

@soix and @ghdprentice I know there are a tone of preamp brands out there but any suggestions on decent preamps you guys may have had experience with or know of?

Thanks.

@bassbuyer any good speakers out there??

@soix I'm not sure about improvements as my system is not up and running yet. I am only %50 complete, other %50 would be speaker and power amp selection.

But sound characterises i am looking for is non-fatiguing high frequencies, not ear piercing brightness, looking for agile bass, tight bass (not car boom box sound).

Music style is pop, hip hop, rap, rnb, some soul/jazz and percussion instruments.

Most my test listening are done on YouTube headphone streaming as this gives me an idea on speaker and amplifier quality/potential, and thus far these are the speakers that sound good to me:

Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII G2 - incredible bass dynamics matched well with Rotel Michi amplifier.
Buchardt A700 - thrilling dynamics for size / price!!

Thanks.

@soix You'd be surprised what headphones I am using to listen to YouTube speakers ... $100 Bob Marley brand.. God they have some bass response to them when a high-end well recorded speaker plays on YouTube haha! you'd be surprised what basic cell phones can pick-up on YouTube recordings lol, if the system is high-end enough the headphones will pick it up.

Proac and ATC are interesting. Never heard of Joseph Audio but looking into them. Dali and Dyns are very cool but I'm after heavy weight speakers, 70-100kg for the price point. I like oversize bulky look. Love multiple driver look haha.

Thanks lad.

@cleeds Yes you are 100 percent correct about lossy compression and not giving you fair comparison but because there are million brands out there and limited capacity to evaluate them all I am passing judgment based on a selected few YT videos and i will go from there. What ever pops up first in the videos and subsequent reviews online I’m heading that direction. Traveling to shops to audition takes time, cost money, distance factor and shop staff biased opinion on limited brands they want to sell you, not to mention non-standard rooms they audition speakers in. So yeah, too many brands and models to choose from. Have to rely on YT and online information for now. Tah.

@ditusa @devinplombier You can take a horse to the water but can you make it drink it?

I've listened and appreciate the comments but ultimately it is upto me what I do or how I heed information.

Please do not be offended.

Tah.