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Best Solid State for Avalon Isis
Thanks Vicdamone. Do you have the Eidolon Diamond? I have never had a tube amp big enough for the ED, but they seem to like valves. For the Isis they are not a real possibility, since we would be speaking about mono amplification and that is less ... 
Best Solid State for Avalon Isis
Thanks, Lloydlee.On paper the Isis is an easier load than the Eidolon Diamond and it has about 2 db more, which is good. But I am afraid the 710 may not be able to control those big 2 (make it 4)woofers. Roy Gregory, in his HiFi+ test said the Isi... 
Preamp to mate with Krell KSA-50 mkII
Everest,I have an old KSA 50II which I use with an Audio Research Ref2. In general old Krell amps seems to like tubed preamps. I had a Conrad Johnson that also worked well. 
speakers for VAC 30/30 amp
Jab suggests Audio Physic Virgo II. I had a pair and tried to drive it with a VAC 30/30, but it did not work. Although the Virgo is an easy load, the VAC could not control the (4) woofers. With small "scale" music it was lovely, with most of the m... 
Tube amp for Avalon Eidolon ?
Thank you, Elberoth2, good to hear direct feed back on this match. I have never heard the Lamm's (difficult to find here), but they are apparently 110 watt hybrids, so, on the same speaker, they should play louder and with less strain thant the VP... 
Tube amp for Avalon Eidolon ?
Hi,I have a similar problem. I have a pair of Nagra VPA (push pull 845 triodes, 50 watt pc) which i love. They play very well with my current Avalon Arcus, but I am upgrading to Eidolon Vision. Does anybody out there know about this combination? T...