Recommendation for ATC SCM150 Amp/Pre


I ordered SCM150 passive speakers and awaiting shipment in about 2 months. 

Looking for an amp/pre amp combination that would best work with these speakers. 

I have a large pretty well treated room, 45' x 16' x 8' 

My taste is classical large scale symphony, piano, cello etc. 

Dynamics  are very important but so is tone and instrument timbre. 

I love harmonically rich tube sound but understand that I will be limited by power. 

Front end: Technics 1200G with umami red cart, luxman eq500 phono, Aurender A100 streamer/dac. 

I am open to Bi-amping options if anyone can recommend from personal experience. 

budget 20k for amps, 10k preamp, used market ok. 

possibilities : Electrocompaniet  AW 300M, single AW800,  Audio research Ref 250 or possibly 750, luxman m10x, etc. 

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Showing 1 response by willywonka

Get Active ATC's but a Tube Preamp! I have a BAT VK-80 Tube preamp and am loving it with my Coda #8 amp. I also am considering getting some ATC's so am interested in this.