ESL amplifier to feed ordinary 2-way speaker?


There is apparently a category of amplifiers designed specifically to feed ESL speakers. InnerSound, Coda, etc. Do these amps give up something in a tradeoff?

My Revival Atalante 3 ported 2-way speakers are specified at
    Sensitivity (2.83V/1m) 87dB/2.83V/1metre
    Nominal Impedance 6 ohms
    Minimum Impedance 4 ohms at 175Hz
    Crossover Frequency 2.8 kHz

Right now a FirstWatt F8 drives them.

 

charles7

I actually was a rep for InnerSound, ages ago.  Besides overkill, not really.  They are pretty open sounding and rock solid amps. 

My suspicion is you'll feel like your speakers have a lot more bass after switching. :)