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I have set my sight on the Aerius i but couldn't decide on what power amp to drive them, can anyone share their experience? I am into jazz so a bit of low end punch won't hurt.
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my friend uses adcoms 5800 on top and 5400 on bottom for his reQuests. a single nelson pass designed 5400 would be adequate it seems to me, they have quite a punch.
ive heard the aerius demoed using a nad 340 integrated to xlnt effect. a 5400 (125wpc) can be had as refurb on audioadvisor.com for $350 leaving quite a bit for software or other enhancing purchases.
there is quite a bit of snobism when it comes to adcoms so dont be surprised at the catcalls i have genereated.
the 5500 realllly has BALLS at 200wpc! my friends sys is quite refined, counterpoint sa5000, sota sapphire/mmt/orotfon jubilee + lyra helikon. say what they will, the adcoms are damn good.
......regards.....tr
Thanks guys for your great input. My budget is around what you would pay for a new Bryston 4BST so some of your suggestions might be too high end for me. I also live in a small apartment so volume in a sense is not so crucial but the ability to have good transient response and something that is musical would be nice.I am also interested in the BAT VK200 as we might have used ones available, can anyone tell me there experience and whether the 100w/channel is enough to drive the Aerius ?
Amp for the Aerius i ?These speakers can take as good an amp as you can buy for them,...but they'll sound great without getting too crazy.
Some amps (some already mentioned):
BAT VK-200 (and liked the BAT pre's both with this amp and other amps)
Pass Aleph 0s (extremely good stereo amp, though mono's even better),
Pass Aleph 5 (Aleph 3 is not quite enough for me w/Aerius i)
Krell kav-150a
Krell kav-250a
Krell ksa-50 (any series, though Mark II is liked)
Bryston 3B-ST (This is plenty, 4B-ST is great too, but the 3B does a VG job)
Classe CA-150 or above
Conrad Johnson 11a (70 watt tube amp ...plenty of power)
Sonic Frontiers Power 2 (Huge amp, perhaps 110 lbs, circa $2K used)
McCormack DNA 1 and .5 and the newer series (though only heard the older)...A good integrated will drive them too ; I won't mention the one I'm selling !
In general, the Aerius i is not as tough as the larger ML's . It drops very low , below 2 ohms, but only way up in the treble where there is little information (so it doesn't tax the amp often or much) VS. the SL3 which has a much more difficult impedence curve all through the audio band.
On a budget, I'd say the Bryston 3B-ST at around $900 used , McCormack DNA .5 at around $650 used matched with the Adcom 750 passive pre would be hard to beat (Krell kav-150a used around $1100 would be also somewhat cheap and good).
A sound I liked ...Sony XA7ES CD, Pass Aleph P pre, Aleph 0's stereo and JPS cables ,...also very much liked the VK-200 with VK5i ..
Martin.
What's your budget? How loud do you like to listen? Room size? With this info, it would be easier to make a suggestion. While I owned the Aerius, I found it to be a neutral, medium efficient speaker. It could be mated with a clean neutral ss amp, or medium powered (80 to 120 wpc) tube amp off the 4 ohm tap.
SS suggestions: Sim Audio, GamuT, Threshold, Plinius, McCormack, McIntosh
Tube: most anything with 80 to 120 watts and a 4 ohm tap. I heard good stuff from Quicksilver, VTL, CJ, and VAC through my old Aerius i's.
Regards, Jerry O.
Bryston 4b st would be the most afforable IMHO
my nearest dealer sell ML,Krell,Bryston.
he said unless u get to the Big MLs they could not tell
the difference between Krell and Brystons.hope this helps, mark
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