good amp for monitor 10a's?

snackym
snackym Posts: 3
edited February 2010 in Vintage Speakers
Hi everyone,

I just picked up a pair of nice Monitor 10A's off CL for $100 (they look sweet - and sounded great when I auditioned them at the sellers place :D). Being that I'm pretty new at the vintage audio thing, I was wondering what kind of amp do you recommend for this pair? Currently I have a Marantz 1060, but I feel it'd be too weak for these babies...

thanks fellas
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  • JBurg
    JBurg Posts: 9
    edited February 2010
    I have my 10's hooked up to a '79 Onkyo A-7070 (170 watt), and they sound AMAZING!
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited February 2010
    Kool, nice grab. You have the Peerless tweeters, right?

    I have my Mon 10b's on either my B&K AVR-307 150wpc@8ohm(~185wpc @ 6ohm) or my B&K ST-1400 II, that is 125wpc @8ohm (~155wpc@6ohm) and it sounds great.

    I just added a Grant Fidelity B-283 Tube Buffer, and that totally transformed my listening. (And I am just getting started tube rolling :p )
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  • snackym
    snackym Posts: 3
    edited February 2010
    thanks for the suggestions guys... i'm getting a better idea of what these'll work with. btw. that Grant Fidelity B-283 tube buffer looks sweet!

    also I'm not sure if it has the Peerless tweeters, I don't think so tho... they have a silver face and the one's I've seen were black. Any idea what these are?
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,134
    edited February 2010
    SL1000 are the silver metal finish and have the polkaudio logo written on the bottom. Nice speakers and welcome to CP!
    Eric.
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  • Hamatym
    Hamatym Posts: 269
    edited February 2010
    I have my 10B's hooked up to an old school Onkyo A-10 and they rock!

    I also have a A-5 in the garage that I got for $40. Either the A-5, A-7, or A-10 are great choices for how much they sell for. They can really wake up your speakers if you don't mind not having a remote.
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  • Crazylitvak
    Crazylitvak Posts: 38
    edited February 2010
    I replaced a pair of $2000. speakers with the 10b's a year back. Only weakeness is imaging. The 10b's cleaned up after I replaced the capacitors in the crossover system and that's something I strongly recommend. I run the speakers thru a Audioresearch 9 preamp powered by a Marantz 8B tube amp. Sound is incredible.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited February 2010
    Used/vintage Carver or Adcom amps are fairly inexpensive and there seems to always be a good supply of them. TFM-25 or 35 are two Carvers that'd work well. I can't speak about the Adcoms, never owned one.:)
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited February 2010
    snackym wrote: »
    thanks for the suggestions guys... i'm getting a better idea of what these'll work with. btw. that Grant Fidelity B-283 tube buffer looks sweet!

    also I'm not sure if it has the Peerless tweeters, I don't think so tho... they have a silver face and the one's I've seen were black. Any idea what these are?

    here is a pic of the SL1000's.
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    BTW: I was considering updating my SL1000's out, but since I got the GF tube buffer, I don't think I want to/ need to. They sound sweet. The buffer takes out the harshness, without loosing the crispness :D
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  • snackym
    snackym Posts: 3
    edited February 2010
    wow, thanks for all the suggestions... now time to start scouring garage sales and CL.. heheh

    kcoc321 - yup, those are the tweeters I got. I'll see how they sound once I find a proper amp, and if they're too harsh - I might look into one of those tube buffers. is harshness a known problem with these tweeters?
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited February 2010
    I am running my Monitors (2 pair) with Adcom monoblocks. Talk about making them sing....!!! I tried one of them Yamaha rx-v665 avr things with 90 wpc...cough cough, but it really couldn't push them they way they need.
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited February 2010
    snackym wrote: »
    wow, thanks for all the suggestions... now time to start scouring garage sales and CL.. heheh

    kcoc321 - yup, those are the tweeters I got. I'll see how they sound once I find a proper amp, and if they're too harsh - I might look into one of those tube buffers. is harshness a known problem with these tweeters?

    The SL1000's are said to be harsh by some. I know with my Monitor 7b's, also with SL1000's, I did find them harsh sometimes. The Monitor 10b's with the SL1000's were not as harsh, but they are now really sweet after I added the GF Tube buffer.

    To me, it was an excuse to try out tubes, for about the same $$$ as upgrading the tweeters. I had already done the Mortite seals to the MW's. My next 'upgrade step' on the 10b's will be the Crossovers, as well as trying out more tubes, of course. I don't think I will be changing out the tweeters, unless I come across a sweet deal on some Peerless.
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