Quote Originally Posted by TWR View Post
Hi friends, for sure I'll do some errors (English is not my language), so I'll try to be schematic.



Instruments: Jbl l65 Jubal, Sansui au 9500, Naim cd5si. No vinyl, no streaming.

Music: I'm going to divide it into three groups.

a: Pere Ubu, Captain Beefheart, Faust, This Heat, Dna, Public Image Limited, Jesus Lizard, Cop Shoot Cop, Unsane, Big Black, Sonic Youth, Royal Trux, Chrome, The Fall, Pussy Galore; Thin White Rope and so on.

b: Nick Cave, Gun Club, Mark Lanegan, Wovenhand, Velvet Underground, Giant Sand and so on.

c: Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan , Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt and so on.

No jazz, no classical music.

Listening volume: medium or low. No party, no crashed walls.

Problem: I like my instruments, but in particular, with the first group of musicians, I think my Jubals should give me more impact. They say these speakers need to be feeded, so, with 600/700 dollars, I would like to obtain a 200w power amp. I have got this list: HK Citation 22, Adcom Gfa 555, Carver 1.0t., Sae l2400. I like the sound of my Sansui (totally restored and recapped one year ago), so I would prefer a warm or neutral power amp, not too analytical. The pre amp will come later.

Question: anybody here who listens this kind of music with Jubal (or L100, 4311, L166, L112 and so on) and a power amp belonging to the list I have compiled? Are these power amps good with vintage Jbl? Other suggestions?

Thank you!

Carlo
Mine are powered with a Sherwood S9910 (rated at 100w/ch into 8 ohms, but closer to 120w/ch) which is more than adequate power for them. The L65 has pretty good sensitivity and in my case, the Sherwood is plenty for them.