Ok ML CLS and SET amp owners - interesting ?

Just my experience: Vu,of Deja Vu Audio,sent me one of his PP 2a3 amps to try on my Apogee Duetta Sigs. I thought this was going to be a waste of time but I had a couple pairs of single driver speakers I could listen to after the Apogee experiment would fail. WELL I was wrong. I heard some of the most beautiful music come out of the Aps. I've had some 100 watt amps "puke on the floor" driving Vandersteen 3A's which are more efficient and more sensitive than the Aps. Anybody's best amp or best speaker is just their opinion based on their taste so this was mine. I do think most people can hear when the life is being sucked out of an amp for whatever reason but it is a fact that you will be limited to smaller spl's with 4 watts. Depending on how well an amp is designed the autoformers may help alot.

running a powered sub and using the active crossover and only sending the mids/highs to the CLS will certainly help the little amp to power them better.

or try a pair of VTL MB450 amps...they will do the trick!

Bill,
Definitely speak with douglikesaudio. He's a wonderful person, with a refreshingly open mind when it comes to audio.

After several trial configurations, he actually ended up bi-amping his ML's, with a SS amp on the bottom & the Audio Note SET on the top. Ask him his opinion about the sound. When compared with the mids & highs of the Cain & Cain, I thought the ML's sounded like they were being smothered by a pillow. Soft, pleasant, yet distant & less engaging. No, this is not a categorical dissing of ML's . In fact, Btstrg's system is yet a world apart from what you're talking about with the Wright/CLS combination. Give it a go. Nothing more nagging then wondering "What if...?"
I'd love to hear your impressions.
Regards,
Howard

I decided to just enjoy my IM Ben's and not play with other gear. I will buy more music instead.