How much power is needed for Martin Logan Ascents?

Also Pal you didn't mention what your budget is, that will make a rather large difference in your possible choices. I will say that I just picked up a Wyred 4 Sound ST-500 250wpc class d amp and am totally impressed with this amps sound. It should powre the Ascent i speakers just fine and is around 1k used.

Dan

I owned a pair of Ascent i Logans for 2 years and powered them with a number of different amps from original atma-sphere MA-1s with speltz auto formers to 2 Rotel 1090s (too bright) to Jolida 300A monos to a Mesa Baron which was the best amp I had on those speakers and the only piece of audio equipment that I wish I never would have sold. These speakers like power, and Stanwal is correct they dip to below 2ohms up in the higher end of the frequency spectrum. I could never get the bass to integrate with the panels to my liking and believe me I tried. So I ended up selling them here and have not looked back.

Dan

Sanders ESL amplifier.

I would check the minimum impedance; the Spires go very low, these may also. With many speakers it is not the rated power so much as how they handle low impedance loads.

You are correct. I liked the speakers so I am purchasing them again. I am looking at amps and am considering a lower powered amp. I wanted to know if anyone has experience with the Ascents and if you need alot of power for them to be at their best.

You had the speakers before in '06 and supposedly had good results with the Rowland 201's according to this thread :

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1143091209&openfrom&1&4#1

Or was this not the case ?