I have a pair in Makore finish and drive them with Classe DR8 amps run in mono.I have used a tube 20 watt Bell integrated and found that in a small room,it will work,but these speakers like more power in my view to really come alive,especially in the bass. A large room also helps.
Quite a nice speaker,and compares quite favourably to my CLs speakers for smoothness,fatigue free listening.
You can probably get them used cheap( I didn't)because not too many people know how good this speaker really is,it never had any reviews as far as I know,so it comes in under the wire as a dark horse.