Amp Upgrade for Aerial 10t's

I drove my 10t's for several years with a pair of Classe CA-301s. I take it you're using yours in a HT system so maybe you want to get the best LF slam you can. In my experience with the 10t's they need all of the quality power they can get. 250-300 watts per channel is about the minimum. They do start to sing at that point. I may be moving mine in the HT system soon.

Good luck,

Dan

To power the Aerials, I believe your best bang for the buck is a big solid state amp. I drive my Aerial 9's with a McCormack DNA 500 which is a great match. While these would not better my McCormack, I have been watching this ad and wondering how good they might sound:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1155913376

some other possibilities:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1155942345
(maybe find only one for sale, or better a 350 Reference)

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1155914421

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1155396878

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1154992041

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1154139842

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1153626378

Good luck.

The best amps I heard on 10Ts were:

Jeff Rowland Model 112
McCormack DNA-1 (but nowadays I would give the DNA-500 a try)

I also heard a Gryphon that was nice on them too.

These would be on my short list.

Good Luck!

I drove my Aerials with the Anthem Statement P5 - 325 W. It was the only amp I heard that could tame the bass.

i own a pair of 10T's that i just recently mated with a Krell KSA-50s. Dont let the 50 wpc fool you, specs can mislead you and i was certainly guilty of that for years. i made a good friend who reviews audio equipment, a guy who has had the very best in his system, and he recommended this amp to me. clean, more detailed bass. the highs are not as harsh or bright as they were, but still accurate and resolving. the amp improved the speakers performance so much that it was unreal. its not neccesarily how much power it can produce at 8 ohms, but how good the power is below 8 ohms. buy a krell, you cant go wrong.