Tube amp for Sonus Faber Extrema?

I evaluated over 20 power amps before finding what, to me, was the only amp that did it all. The Melos MAT 180. 180 watts/ch. of pure triode power. No solid state amp could get the harmonic structure of music right. None of the tube amps with less power can adequately control the drivers. If I had the money i'd have bought the Melos 400 watt/ch. monoblocs, but the 180 seems to do everything so it might have been overkill at 400 watts. The only other possibility I found is one of the big VTL's, They're good too.

I've heard them with Jadis 200's and Tube Research 400's, and was very impressed with the Extrema.

I agree, you would need a high powered tube Amp. The best sound I'v heard on the Sonus Faber Extremas, was the Meridian 557 Amps bridged, which are 1000 watts. I heard this system at the Stereophile show in 96 in NY. This system sounded unbelievable. It was so sweet and articulate sounding. The bass was fast and tight. The preamp was the Meridian 502 and the digital equipment was the Meridian 566.20 Dac, 500 transport and the 518 jitter reducer.