Integrated Amp Suggestions for Dynaudio Contour 3.4LE


Just bought a floor model of these speakers at a good price. I currently have an NAD M3 Dual Mono integrated and would love to hear how I could do better. Any thoughts on what integrated would best pair with these speakers?

One other twist. I also own the Magnepan 1.7's. It would be great if I had an integrated amp that would sound great with both speakers. That may be a tall order and I am mainly concerned about driving the Dynaudios but just thought I would throw it out there.

Many thanks

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Dyn’s do like power but don’t purchase based on power alone. Try to hear as many amps as you can. With my C1’s I had a Bryston B100sst rated @180W into 4ohm and it did sound good. But later I got an in home demo of the Octave V70se rated at 70W into 4ohm and the Octave had so much more ’control’ of the music. Another beauty with the Octave being tubed based if I wanted a warmer or more linear sound I could swap tubes. I later got the Octave black box and it really lowered the noise floor which I never thought was a problem until I added it.

Like Carmenc had mentioned take your time. I had a friend who had the Octave V80 and drove the Sapphires and later C4's sig's with no problem. The V80 put out 75W.
I'm partial to Octave with Dyns and this looks a fair deal. The V80 was the top of the line integrated (replaced by the V80se) and has better transformers than the V40/70/110
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-octave-dynaudio-v-80-mc-intergrated-tube-amp-2016-12-09-ampli...
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