Would like a good integrated to power Vandersteens

Hi CBcarbaj,

good call. they may "wake up" the Vandersteens as was originally requested...they need a lot of high quality power. And the Brystons are good at that. i have heard the new SST2 is actually quite sweet in comparison to many SS amps. particularly the 28B SST2.

Lloyddelee21, Actually Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures don't need a lot of power and quite often lower powered amplifiers sound better. Any Audio Research amp/preamp combination no matter how low the power rating, combined with a Vandersteen subwoofer will be the best sound you could possibly imagine from a pair of Vandersteens.

Jimkinc, Take Stingreen's advice and call John at the Audio Connection.

I've used a Krell 400xi with Vandy's. They sounded very nice together.

I bet they do! good combo.

i'd ditto the krells as well. any of the last few generations would do fine. pre-owned...they can had pretty cheap and pack plenty of punch. good match with laid back speakers imho.