How much power is needed for Martin Logan Ascents?

You had the speakers before in '06 and supposedly had good results with the Rowland 201's according to this thread :

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1143091209&openfrom&1&4#1

Or was this not the case ?

You are correct. I liked the speakers so I am purchasing them again. I am looking at amps and am considering a lower powered amp. I wanted to know if anyone has experience with the Ascents and if you need alot of power for them to be at their best.

I would check the minimum impedance; the Spires go very low, these may also. With many speakers it is not the rated power so much as how they handle low impedance loads.

Sanders ESL amplifier.