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suggestions for preamp/amp combos

Hi, just wanted to get some friendly suggestions for preamp/amplifier (can mix and match freely) combos that produce warm yet clean and not overly bright acoustics. Pretty vague, eh? Anyways, looking to keep the price tag under 3-4k for the used combo, would be driving larger monitors, maybe Spendors 2/3 and larger (love the British sound), no subs, or etc. Generally listen to acoustics, both classical and modern, but can mix it up with Pavarotti to Portishead. A big fan of Audiogon and lurker for many, many years.

Big thanks to everyone in advance.
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nolitan
865 posts
 
Spendors sounds ok with tubes, solid state is much preferred though as the spendors have already a warm sound to them.
I did try different tube amps with them & they end up too smooth for their own good.
Solid state amp like Luxman, Krell, Classe, Mccormack would work very well w/ the Spendors.
Others experience may differ.
nolitan
865 posts
 
Spendors are not bright at all. They are among the warmer, sounding type of speakers.
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