Bass amp for a tri-amped system?

Marty,
I checked the internet of the SVS/Audyssey and it appears it is discontinued. The attractive feature of this unit was that it appeared to be able to adjust two sub-woofers (two speakers?). I think I would need to purchase two of the Velodyne for each speaker... But with the money back policy- it seems it may be worth a try.

McIntosh Makes very tight deep bass....Almost all of thier more powerful amps are double bal push pull design. Also, Bryston is great for bass And so is Classe Audio. Krells run Hot,They burn up too,overtime.

Matt,
I would be nice to be able to try some of those amps if I could find a "bargain". You know, I'm only paying for those bottom octaves. I'll keep my eyes out on Audiogon.

For bass only and amps only, it just comes down to brute force. It's cheaper and easier to get that from switching amps. Look at Wyred4Sound and Spectron or pro amps, if XLR is available.

I agree with bdgregory regarding the Eagle/EKSC amps. They match well with full range speakers requiring great power reserves (B&W 801 for example) but are particularly good as bass amps. Either the 2 series stereo or 400 mono blocs are powerful, solid, clean, and dynamic. The bonus is their used prices make them great buys. John Iverson* knew how to design great amps and Russ Sherwood is, I believe, still available to service them.

*For those not familiar with the fascinating story about Iverson, see this link to the TAS article -

http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=104043.0