Specifically why I have operated active crossovers. These bandying back and forth about what amps work best in which bandwidths are resolved. No need to sacrifice what works best in each frequency zone, though you wind up with a few amps lying around.
 
For the record, I had a powerful hybrid amp on my Apogees back in the day. Did I try a SET on them? Sure. Did it stay? No but it sounded better than expected. I used my Sphinx Project 14 mkIII throughout the speakers stay with me. I later sold them to Florian (yes Clarysis Florian) who drove them with a small Pathos Classic integrated quite successfully. It was only 70 watts but was sufficient in a modest room size.

I recommended the tubes on the pendragon ribbon tower as bass was active.

Ron’s VTLs should have plenty of power for the Clarysis speakers…

Alsyvox, being significantly more sensitive, would work better with lower power tubes.
This thread is super helpful. Thank you for the contributions. As a new owner of Alsyvox Tintoretto, I will be evaluating how the Riviera Levante drives; given there is class A 30w option and 120w into 8ohms. I am super curious what happens. I have been told that anywhere from 30-100w is ideal, and that it is likely that 100w monos would be the ideal choice but i really do not know what the ears will think. I also have been told the music genre matters a lot. Hope this is incrementally helpful.
 
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