I much preferred high wattage ss when I had the triton ones. Had a few different ones and liked the Odyssey Stratos the best with them. Even though they have the powered subs they really take on the character of the amp.
New Amp Choice
I am not sure what is left for a tangible improvement, but I am looking at trying at least one additional amp. I stared with high end receivers, but then bough a McIntosh MA7900 nearly 4 years ago along with Golden Ear Triton Ones. I find the the sound quite good though I had a low end Pioneer receiver once with some surround type Bose speakers, hisses noted, and they had a quality off whipping the sound while moving around me that I really liked. My current system which I described, is much cleaner and detailed, but there was an enveloping aspect that I still miss. Maybe a new amp will not supply any of this as it is a quality of the speaker, but I wondered if a tube amp has such a quality. I may purchase a pair of Bose 301's just to test, but I am still minded to try another higher end amp and to be clear while I likded that aspect of the Bose my current setup is in most regards more pleasing.
The contenders are:
Pass Labs Int-250
Musical Fidelity M8xi
Line Magnetic LM-845IA
Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium
The Luxman 509x was of interest, but they gimped the headphone output.
The contenders are:
Pass Labs Int-250
Musical Fidelity M8xi
Line Magnetic LM-845IA
Line Magnetic LM-845 Premium
The Luxman 509x was of interest, but they gimped the headphone output.