Small balanced monoblocks


I have Meadowlark Heron i speakers, with a Wadia 830 front end, BAT 3i pre, and SS amps. I have a small, lively room the system is set up in, and am looking for suggestions for monoblock amps that would likely fit in. Any suggestions are appreciated, with $6000 tops new/used my ballpark for now.

Matt
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I never thought I would say this, but I would suggest you listen to the Classe CAM-350 Monoblocks. New they are $7k, but I'm sure with either dealer discounting or perhaps a demo/used pair would fit your budget.

They are the perfect size, not too big. I just recently heard them with a Classe Preamp (not sure which model), and the Musical Fidelity Nu-vista 3D CD Player. They were driving a pair of Audio Physic Virgo III's.

They were quite dynamic. There was just a tad bit of smoothness/warmth which could be attributed from the Musical Fidelity CD player, but nonetheless I really liked the sound. There was nothing dry or unenvolving about the setup - extremely musical (I'm sure that's why they made the Stereophile's Class A recommended components list.) I have been also considering to buy them.

The CAM-350 monoblocks sound nothing like Classe's older stereo amplifiers which were too bland for my taste.

Good luck.