I just went through this process recently when I bought a new pair of Dynaudio speakers. I also have a Denon AVR4800. My conclusion was to keep my Denon as my hometheater with my old Klipsch KG4's, center, and satellites. Perfect for movies.
I paired my Dynaudios with a Luxman L-430 (120WPC x 2 of good clean power), but even then I felt I wasn't getting enough out of the speakers. Looked into Krell, Creek, Musical Fidelity, NuForce, and then finally decided to go with Portal. http://portalaudio.com/paladin.html I wanted to keep things as simple as possible with as few things in the line and decided to forego a preamp and use attenuators instead. I finally decided on more of a "passive preamp" design in the Luminous Audio Axiom. ($160!) http://www.luminousaudio.com/axiomrca.html Another great choice would be the Endler Attenuators: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4c5pt/id2.html I am still putting things together, so I can't provide feedback as yet, but I definitely second the opinion of those above: serious speakers (especially those which are power hungry), need a serious amp. Don't skimp on the power, and go with seperates. Kook -- ob_kook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ob_kook's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28795 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
