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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 1901535" data-attributes="member: 550915">I use CDTs personally, but by all accounts, the Germaniums you mentioned earlier are hard to fault, though I have not heard them myself.From there you want a solid amp with plenty of power.&nbsp; You want the amp to be able to power the speakers to the level at which you want to listen to them without breaking a sweat.&nbsp; Having an amp capable of supplying more than twice the power you really need is not a bad thing.&nbsp; Use the amp gain to limit the output and you never approach clipping and the amp stays comfortably in its linear range.&nbsp; If you have the money, look at DLS or Audison.&nbsp; You would probably want around 100w per side.&nbsp; If you are on more of a budget, there are plenty of solid amps out there, but you have to be careful and conservative with how much power you try to get out of these amps.&nbsp; If you push them near their limits they will begin to sound bad.&nbsp; For these, I would be looking in the 150w per side range, planning on only using 50W of that to get the desired volume wih comfortable headroom.Once you have selected good components, don&#039;t cheat yourself with the install.&nbsp; Time and effort spent making the install its best will prove well worth it in the final product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 1901535, member: 550915"] I use CDTs personally, but by all accounts, the Germaniums you mentioned earlier are hard to fault, though I have not heard them myself. From there you want a solid amp with plenty of power. You want the amp to be able to power the speakers to the level at which you want to listen to them without breaking a sweat. Having an amp capable of supplying more than twice the power you really need is not a bad thing. Use the amp gain to limit the output and you never approach clipping and the amp stays comfortably in its linear range. If you have the money, look at DLS or Audison. You would probably want around 100w per side. If you are on more of a budget, there are plenty of solid amps out there, but you have to be careful and conservative with how much power you try to get out of these amps. If you push them near their limits they will begin to sound bad. For these, I would be looking in the 150w per side range, planning on only using 50W of that to get the desired volume wih comfortable headroom. Once you have selected good components, don't cheat yourself with the install. Time and effort spent making the install its best will prove well worth it in the final product. [/QUOTE]

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