Speaker Pairing With Amplifier


Hello everyone! Just joined. I recently just bought a pair of MartinLogan Motion 35XTi speakers and I’m enjoying them, however my amplifier is... A bit lackluster for them. I’m running a Technics SA-R230 AVR from the late 80s, it has enough power, but it’s just not driving them to the full potential.

 

I’m thinking if I go vintage of getting a Harman Kardon Citation 12, or going modern and getting a PM6007 or PM7000N. Maybe a Rega io, was curious if anyone has some real world experience with good pairings for ribbon tweeter speakers. They can be a bit... Picky.

 

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations to go with?

 

Thanks everyone and I’m happy to be here.

 

128x128astal

I’m looking around, would a NAD C368 with a BluOS card be a good thing to grab? I can grab them just under $1000 used, I can find them cheaper looking around for cheaper. Class D doesn't bother me as long as it sounds good. Also the MDC expansion is interesting to me although maybe a gimmick.

NAD C368 > Safe and Sound HQ. has one with warranty for almost half price.

 

Sounds like I found my answer. NAD C368 from SafeandSound

 

I'm ordering some other stuff from them as well so I'll bundle it all.

yogiboy

that outlaw feature set is both vintage and modern, impressive. 110 wpc 8 ohms, 165 wpc 4 ohms 

a discussion about it here (just found it, didn’t read it)