Dynaudio Confidence C1

Can't imagine them sounding harsh. A very musical forgiving speaker.

The C1 needs far more power than the Luxman class A can provide to perform what they are capable of. Maybe the class A/B design Luxmans would work for you. When I had my C1's I used a Simaudio Evolution series I-7 integrated. Sounded superb. I have had a couple of Luxmans in the past, class A and classA/B. Although the are finely crafted and full featured amps, I personally found them too thin and forward to my taste.

Yashu
Can't imagine them sounding harsh. A very musical forgiving speaker.

Yeah - this is not the speaker's trouble.

Thanks everyone. I would never use Class A Luxman. I was thinking of the Luxman 507. I know many people like Simaudio with the C1s -- I heard Sim wih the C1s once and found them to be dry.

When I had the C1's I had a Bryston B100sst then later an Octave V70se and V110. All sounded great with the C1's. Naim is another that mated extremely well with C1's. As far as Sim I thought the sound was too analytical. I found myself listening to the equipment and not the music.

That said are you looking at or have original C1's or the MKII/Sig or Platinum? With the original they sounded the very best when you turned them up. The louder the better. When I got the Signatures the best part is they sounded a lot better at mid listening levels. So I can see where some folks would say they need a lot of power when comparing to the originals. IMO the C1's have a great price to performance ratio. The Dyn stand2/4/6 is also a must.