Advice Needed for Power Amp

westmassguy
westmassguy Posts: 6,850
edited July 2012 in Vintage Speakers
My Home Theater System Consists of SDA 2A Fronts, SDA CRS+ Rears, A single Monitor 5 Center Rear, and in the proccess of building my custom Center Channel. My old receiver, a Pioneer VSX D711 was adequate for the most part, but @ 100 watts per channel, the 2As would shut it down if I was too aggressive with the volume control. I've replaced the D711 with an Pioneer Elite VSX 72TXV which is rated 130 watt @ 8 ohms, and 160 watts @ 6 ohms.
I love the new receiver, as it has all the bells and whistles I could ever need including pre-amp outs. Two channel direct performance is outstanding. I have more range on the volume setting with the new receiver, but the 2As are still sucking up every watt she's putting out. I'd like some recommendations on a two channel amp that will provide sufficient power for the 2As. Preferably one that won't break the bank. I've invested a lot of time and money rebuilding these Polk beauties, and don't want to risk loosing a tweeter or worse if the protection circuits in the Pioneer don't engage fast enough. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Home Theater/2 Channel:
Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

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