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Which Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica 3 Speaker

I own a pair of SF Olympica 3 speakers and have narrowed my choices to 2 amplifiers. My tastes lean toward the warmer richer side of the fence. The Hegel 300 or 1 of the LFD amplifiers. On 1 hand the LFD is lower power but quite balanced. The Hegel is approximately the same price but has 250 wats of power plus a built-in DAC. My speakers rquire some power at 90DB efficient but its a 4 ohm load. I have heard the Hegel but with Magico speakers. It sounded good with nice detail and never tipped over the edge. The LFD is playing on my speakers now but drawing comparisons is difficult given different speakers. Any thoughts re these 2 amplifiers is most welcome.
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I have to agree with George’s take on that issue.
A friend if mine has no satisfaction, what ever he tried, driving Olympica III with a 450 watt McIntosh MC452, specifically regarding the bass performance.
This by trying all the different taps available, NOTHING would solve that issue.
For me it confirms what’s being discussed.
He was hankering for the Pass X350.5 power of mine, yet struggled to let his MAC go.
He tried Everything, with all sorts of cable and front-end changes, nothing would improve the lack in bass performance. Drove him quite bat’s.

I’m sure by now he finally did change to a more suitable amp, as George mentioned, i.e. doubling current delivery down to 2watts.
If not that SF delivers just a fine ’book shelf’ performance, a total waste.
My 2 cents :)
M. 🇿🇦

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