Valve Amp for Sonus Faber Sonetto IIIs

@jond 

At CAF did you happen to come across a brand/company called Angstrom Audio? Another example excellent Italian electronics. I heard their class A Stella integrated amplifier. Very nice and natural.

@knotscott

It doesn’t hurt to have more power, but to me it’s more important to have good power that sounds good. A good pure tube set up should sound wonderful with your Sonus Fabers. You have the resolution potential to hear the wonders of a pure tube setup. I would not compromise with a hybrid, because that’s what you’ll hear in the end.

Yes, this is my train of thought. Seek out the beauty, emotional engagement and naturalness of pure tube power.

@jond

Afterall these years I’ve learned that I trust your ears and judgement. I have no doubt that Synthesis Roma  amplifier sounds wonderful. I have more familiarity with Unison Research amplifiers. Italy is the home of some really fine sounding tube amplifiers along the natural sound side of the spectrum. Very good options are available for the OP.

Charles

I agree that a hybrid amplifier is a safe compromise choice. I just think that those Sonus Faber speakers will absolutely sing to the heavens driving by a high quality pure tube output. I’m bias with regard to tube amplifiers. 😊

Charles 

@grauerbar

You have a couple of very nice Italian amplifiers under consideration. Given your taste in music I think that you would be happy with a good quality and well implemented tube amplifier.

I found a review of your speakers and it seems that they’re a fairly easy speaker load according to the reviewer.Paired well with both Their solid state and tube amplifiers. So the speakers appear to be a plausible possibility with your amplifiers of interest.