Stage to Mini Grand - what's best

I'm assuming you have or will get the dax crossover..you need this to integrate the stages and the subs...I owned these speakers two years ago and they're quite good..ideally you need the same amp on top as you do on the bottom so the gain is the same

I have owned a set of minigrands for the past 5 years.I use a 4004 II to drive the subs, and have used the following amps to drive the stages all with improving results.as the quality of the electronics got better . Remember that these speakers like to be driven with amps that can put out a lot of current. The amps that I have uses include an aragon 8008bb, Aragon Palladium II monblocks and curently Krell250 m's which I have had the best results with in terms of accurate tonality, overall smoooothness.All these amps will drive the stages well but the Krells just sound a little more refined than the previous amps that i had in the systemn.If the amps you use on the top and bottom have different gain the dax unit allows some adjustment of the mismatch.Set up properly and driven with good electronics you will be hard presed to find a speaker systems that souns as quick open and transparent as the Apogees.