Help me choose an amp for my Aerial 10T's!!

[Jim Swantko]

I'm looking for an amp to drive my Aerial 10T's... here is my short list. My budget is approx $5k (new or used).

Levinson 436's
McCormack DNA-500
Levinson 336

Which would you choose and why? Any others I should consider?

Thanks!
Jim

[Victor]

I recomend Behringer A500. THis will cost you $180 and you will never look back nor will you notice its presents.

Victor

[ThomasW]

If you live close to a dealer selling Ayre Acoustics amps, take home a Ayre V5-xe for a demo.

[Jim Swantko]

I do have an Ayre dealer locally - I will give it a try. I'll have to look into the Behringer too. Keep 'em coming!

[Victor]

I was using 2 Bryston 3BSST amps to power up two sections of my 3-way dipole speaker system. One 3B SST was driving the RD-75 section and the other was driving the 10-inch midrange (4 units of Scan Speak 25W8565 drivers per side). I replaced the 3B SST with Behringer A500. I hear no differencies and the A500 with its volume controlls is actually a more comfortable unit to use. The power specs are about the same, but the 3B SST THD is by far better by nearly an order of magnitude. Still the A500 sports 0.02% of THD which is quite good.