Arcam may well be a good option... however Ive never been interested enough to ever pursue them..they just don't do it for me..especially somt like the way the look..vain I know but I would have it sat their in my living room looking at me and saying hello I'm a dull grey box that looks alot like an Av amp....
It does indeed look like a crappy AV amp, Arcam need to get a decent designer in.
Agreed and the Pathos Remix mentioned earlier similar price to the Arcam but looks like it is actually worth the money.From a looks only point of view, do a comparison of it with say, the Gato 250 and you will quickly arrive at the opinion that it is plain old butt ugly
I'd tempted by something that's a bit on the smoother/richer side like a Japanese amp. I honestly don't know if its worth spending a lot of money on an amp despite the LS50s beguiling mid focused sound, a pair of Adam Artist 5s sound more natural, accurate, play louder and are more dynamic.
Or some Event Opals.
Like a Luxman you mean?..... forget the active studio monitors please
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I dont know ive not heard the luxman with the LS50s, i know the 100w Sony amp i have is richer sounding than the other amps, it's got a switch for 4 ohms too which seems to help, it just works better than any of the other amps i have here with the LS50s.
I did think briefly of trying a more expensive integrated amp for the LS50s, but they just aren't dynamic enough for me so ive sort of shelved that idea.
A great little speaker though and i can understand why you want to try and get the best out of them. Just to put it into context i bought them to see how they compared to all the other smallish active monitors i'd tried, i wanted to hear for myself how modern passive two way compared, in a lot of ways they are so beguiling because of their mid-centric balance that's why they're still here and i've not sold them (yet).
Done a demo of the Pathos remix amp. Was far better than my pre-amp plus two power amps. Fantastic sounding.
Well over budget...I have a kitchen to buy
2ndhandhifi have an Ear 834t hybrid integrated at 1499. Valve like sound with 100w of mosfet wallop.