you bought speakers that require a very high quality amplifier. B&Ws will sound terrible if you use the amp that is not totally up to the level of the speakers. This is the biggest disadvantage with B&Ws - they require top notch amplification. What you are thinking of doing will
I would definitely go the way of separates. At the least, I would start with the McCormack DNA-1 but nothing less than that. For preamp you can pick up a used Sonic Frontiers Line-1 and may be fit into $2k barely.
I really don't know if purchasing these speakers were a money well spent if you were not going to provide the amplification that is on par with the speakers.
It's like filling up a Ferrari with regular gas.
I would definitely go the way of separates. At the least, I would start with the McCormack DNA-1 but nothing less than that. For preamp you can pick up a used Sonic Frontiers Line-1 and may be fit into $2k barely.
I really don't know if purchasing these speakers were a money well spent if you were not going to provide the amplification that is on par with the speakers.
It's like filling up a Ferrari with regular gas.