what solid state amps for the soundlab u-1

i was not aware that there was a u-2 the website only lists the u1.

I remember a few years ago when I worked for a Soundlab dealer we were running the Fourier OTL amps with the A1s. I brought my old Krell KSA 250 over and everyone was surprised at how well the Krell did with the Soundlabs especially since they were such a high impedence. Since then the owner of the store has switched over to Krell for his own amp.

Among the amps I'd recommend with your U-1's include models from Parasound (JC-1), Pass Labs, Levinson, Accuphase, Jeff Rowland, Clayton Audio, and Warner Imaging. I'm sure there are others, but I'm limiting my comments here to my own experiences. Disclaimer - I peddle some of these lines (as well as Sound Labs).

If wall juice is indeed a limiting factor, you might want to consider the Model 501's from Jeff Rowland.

Duke

Don't know why my two previous attempts to post to this thread didn't make it, but I'll try again.

Audfile74: A pair of Sound Lab U-2s (similar in size to M-3s) I sold were driven by an Innersound ESL-300 amp, which is capable of driving the speakers to fairly loud levels, though you may prefer other amplifiers, including some mentioned in this thread. The speakers readily reveal the character of everything else in the chain, especially amps that are bright, too laid back or polite, and so on. If the sound is either fatiguing or uninvolving, keep looking.

Rwwear: Interesting story. The Fouriers could be spooky good but were finicky. I owned one of their stereo amps at one time.

Brian

guy's you still have not explained to me what the u-2- is. how is it different from the u-1 ? is it a replacement for the u1?