Best amp for Dynaudio C4

I've read where the Octave amps (e.g., top of the line integrated with super black box) are hard to beat, and Dynaudio is the official NA distributor. I'm very happy with my VAC 300.1a tube amp, which I imagine would pair well with Dynaudios (I have auditioned C series speakers but not with VAC amps).

As an Octave V70SE and Dyn C1 owner I would say the V80 integrated with Super black box would work well but in my opinion not at real high volumes. Octave has the re290 which is designed around the KT120 tubes which would be better. Depending on your budget the mre130 mono blocks would be killer especially if you were to add the black or super black box to either re290 or mre130 amps. The black box just adds capacitance for a lower noise floor - better dynamics and a little more headroom. Something to consider with the mono blocks you have twice as many output tubes which put out a lot of heat. Jubilees would be the best but we are talking $67K for those bad boys. They drove the Consequence Ultimate Editions quite well and a little bit of overkill for the C4's in my opinion.

That all being said Dynaudio also distributes the T + A brand which is also very good match for Dyns although I have never heard them. But looking at all the pictures from the last 2 RMAF shows Dyn has been pairing up Octave with most of the Dyns.

Best of luck in your search and in my personal opinion the C4's are the best speaker I've ever heard - just don't have the room for them or I would own them.

Thanks for all your wonderful advice !!

Any time a recommendation for a high powered tube amp to power a pair of speakers is requested on Audiogon, someone will generally mention the CAT amps. Even the stereo version is enormously powerful and features output transformers that alone weigh as much as the average tube amp.

Most high powered tube amps don't sound very good, and virtually none can properly drive speakers featuring low impedances in the bass frequencies. The CAT amps sound superb and can drive speakers that no other production tube amp can drive (not that the C4's are ferociously difficult to drive, but they do like linear power).

I use Duntech Prince speakers incl dynaudio drivers, in a similar d'appolito arrangement as your C4.

My advice will be " politically incorrect" but far from stupid:
Buy a sds470 classdaudio amp ,sales price 590 usd, use it without PA,connecting directly to it a digital volume controlled DAC similar to the Weiss DAC2. The sds sends 2X500W on 4 ohms.

Now, if you dont follow my antipolitically correct advice, you can buy an AudioResearch ref150 ... friendly from france