??? How Much Would You Spend ???


I’m curious about something...Lets say your going to build a system for a smallish room...For a hundred years,the recommendation is choose speakers first,then build around them...
So you fall completely under the spell of a pair of speakers with a $12,500.00 MSRP...What is the minimum amount you would spend just for your amplification with no eye towards any future upgrade?
Thanks for your participation,it is appreciated..

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Showing 1 response by gbmcleod

Are the speakers, box, ribbon, horn, or electrostatic? And the sensitivity?
 

The amp must be able to drive the speakers, so that would be a significant consideration. I'd go with an Aesthetix Mimas (around 9k), as it has tubes in the preamp and solid state as an amp, and it doubles into 4 ohms, so that's 180 watts into 8, 360 into 4. I might opt for something (an amp) that was 6k, but my experience is that everything needs to be equally good. Whatever is the weak link in your system will prevent the other components from showing them at their best.