Pathos Classic One with Sonus Faber Amator 2

Well, I've listened to Amator & GUarneri driven by the Pathos old integrated, and by their monos ("in power"). Nice, "creamy" sound, very convincing/ satisfying musically.... This oesn't help much, I know -- but what are your sonic criteria / what kind of music do you listen to?

BTW, I used a volume pot ("passive" pre) with the monos without problems driving the Amator

Thanks for your reply.
I'm sure the "in power" monos can drive the Amator2 easily.
I heard the old classic one with the SF concerto home and found the sound a bit "boomy", loose.
But the new classic seems to be a very different amp.

As for music from Jazz(almost all kind) to some pop/rock.

The old Classic was a bit small in output for the SF load. You may want to consider an integrated ss (say, a used: YBA, symphonic line...). Very nice sound from these and many others too, surely. Also, probably less expensive than their medium-to-hi output tube counterparts.

I have tried a lot of integrateds for my EAII, here are the amps that I tried

CJ-CAV-50 - Nice and very lush sounding, but not enough power. I found myself listening at 4 to 5 o'clock all the time.

Jeff Rowland Concentra - Very nice but kind of polite for my taste, I wanted more snap to my music.

VTL-IT85 - now there is a little more dynamic to the music but then the soundstage is very narrow and I got bored with the sound right away.

Finally, the amp that I am using now is the Cary SLI-80. Now I can really hear what my EAII can do. Even my wife said that the music is more realistic and she can hear into the recording more and I agree. Hope that helps.