Amp to 4 ohm Dali Menuet speakers

[shy10ck]

I am looking for a suitable amp for Dali Menuet speakers

My listening room is 12-14 m2.

The speakers will be placed in a bookshelf 180 cm apart.

I am living in an apartment, so music volume will in general be moderate, but occansionally I like to turn up the volume.

4 ohm and 86 db sensitivity

http://www.dali-speakers.com/media/1652/dali-menuet-product-sheet-uk.pdf

 

[lukam30]

Dali and Marantz is a great combo imo.I got Dali Rubicon 6 with Marantz PM8005 and I love it.You can pick up PM8005 for £599.

 

[Blacksabbath25]

+ 1 agree marantz pm8005 or the Abrahamsen 2up ive got both amps both good with dali speakers and my opticon 6s are 4 ohms too

 

[shy10ck]

Could this Marantz do for the Dali Menuets?

Marantz HD-AMP1

http://us.marantz.com/us/products/pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=hificomponents&ProductId=HDAMP1

 

[Blacksabbath25]

Going by the spec of the marantz yes as it say it will go down to 8- 4 ohms it's 70 watts amplifier not seen this marantz before is it a new model

 

[shy10ck]

Yes, new.

http://andreweverard.com/2015/12/21/review-marantz-hd-amp1-is-a-classic-in-the-making/

 

[Blacksabbath25]

Yes, new.

http://andreweverard.com/2015/12/21/review-marantz-hd-amp1-is-a-classic-...

yes I did take a look it looks nice are you going to get a demo first on it before buying or are you just going to buy it as I do recommend demoing amps just in case you do not like the sound of it

 

[shy10ck]

I am afraid that I dont have a Marantz dealer nearby,

 

[ID.]

Could this Marantz do for the Dali Menuets?

Marantz HD-AMP1

http://us.marantz.com/us/products/pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=hifico...

although not that powerful in terms of outright watts it had been designed to deal with speakers with impedance that drops quite low. I'm not sure if go as far as the speaker pairing that Andrew used, but Marantz demo'd it with B&W CM series speakers in Japan and apparently used them when designing the amp.

Not sure how it would go with a minimonitor like the Menuet though. People have a tendency to overdrive them in the quest for more bass.

 

[shy10ck]

Any other suggestions than Marantz PM 8005 and Abrahamsen 2up?

 

[radiorog]

Hundreds of amps to chose from. Depends on budget.
Consider a k3 with the specs of those speakers.
Not sure how loud the abrahamsen will go with low sensitivity speakers.tIt might be fine. Anyone know the answer?
The abrahamsen for the money is a great buy if it is ok for your speakers.

 

[Blacksabbath25]

Hundreds of amps to chose from. Depends on budget. Consider a k3 with the specs of those speakers. Not sure how loud the abrahamsen will go with low sensitivity speakers.tIt might be fine. Anyone know the answer? The abrahamsen for the money is a great buy if it is ok for your speakers.

I am using 4 ohm speakers myself and the abrahamsen is rated at 70wtts but because I am running 4 ohm speakers the abrahamsen doubles the power needed to run 4 ohm speakers

 

[radiorog]

Hundreds of amps to chose from. Depends on budget. Consider a k3 with the specs of those speakers. Not sure how loud the abrahamsen will go with low sensitivity speakers.tIt might be fine. Anyone know the answer? The abrahamsen for the money is a great buy if it is ok for your speakers.

I am using 4 ohm speakers myself and the abrahamsen is rated at 70wtts but because I am running 4 ohm speakers the abrahamsen doubles the power needed to run 4 ohm speakers 

I am aware of this, but isnt the op's speakers less sensitive at 86 db? Apparently this is more important than ohms....bit im not sure, just saying what ive heard recently. Hopefully someone kmowledgable will add something here.....

 

[JamesMellor]

I used to have a earlier version of them , The Royal Menuet , about the same spec , I used a nad pre/power 114/216THX , I'd go with a bloody big nad intergrated

 

[Raidillon]

You can't go wrong with a pm 8005 or a c 356bee, but the sonic signature is slightly different.

The difference is subtle but they both handel bass ( nad +++) and voices ( marrantz ++++) differently.

Cheers,

 

[keeper of the quays]

My attic has a roksan amp and dynaudio speakers..they 4ohm..drove them fine..very fine amp