For more power, the Atma-Sphere amps like the M-60's and my favorite A-S amp, the MA-1's, on the Super Eclipses are just stunning. If you can get the right NOS tubes, good cabling and a very good balanced pre-amp to feed the MA-1's, you will be rewarded. You may have trouble if you don't get those elements right. I struggled.
I have long advocated much more power be used with the Coincident Super Eclipses than their commonly associated SET's and other low-powered tubed amps produce. (See my comments on other Coincident threads.) The Cary SLI-80 integrated amp has been paired with the Supers by several posters on AudiogoN. I currently use the Cary SLAM-100's: 95 triode watts (from beam tubes) with satisfying results indeed.
Interestingly enough, I just received a recommendation from the Supers' manufacturer that the Antique Sound Lab Hurricane DT200 mono blocks work very well with the Supers, Totals, and--believe it not--the highly efficient Victory speakers. The Hurricanes put out a whopping 200 watts! Israel said they are at once powerful, retrieve detail, and retain harmonic and tonal structures very well. Quite an accomplishment in a large amp.
I like SETs in small rooms with intimate music, but if you want the flexibility to go with large orchestral music or rock/pop in larger rooms, a more powerful amp takes over and really does the power-weight-physical-presence thing justice.
I have long advocated much more power be used with the Coincident Super Eclipses than their commonly associated SET's and other low-powered tubed amps produce. (See my comments on other Coincident threads.) The Cary SLI-80 integrated amp has been paired with the Supers by several posters on AudiogoN. I currently use the Cary SLAM-100's: 95 triode watts (from beam tubes) with satisfying results indeed.
Interestingly enough, I just received a recommendation from the Supers' manufacturer that the Antique Sound Lab Hurricane DT200 mono blocks work very well with the Supers, Totals, and--believe it not--the highly efficient Victory speakers. The Hurricanes put out a whopping 200 watts! Israel said they are at once powerful, retrieve detail, and retain harmonic and tonal structures very well. Quite an accomplishment in a large amp.
I like SETs in small rooms with intimate music, but if you want the flexibility to go with large orchestral music or rock/pop in larger rooms, a more powerful amp takes over and really does the power-weight-physical-presence thing justice.