Good amp to pair with ls50 meta

[grizzlyray]

Hello,

I just recently got a Kef LS50 Meta pair of speakers and I am loving everything about them so far. The color and the sound of these speakers are great. I am concerned however that the current AV/R I have cannot properly drive these speakers. I currently use the Yamaha TSR-700 receiver from Costco and I am not sure if this is the right pairing for these speakers. I am still within the return window for the receiver so I am not worried about returning the receiver if needed.

I am having a hard time finding an amp that can handle speakers that go down to 3.2 ohms which the specs of the kef ls50 say they do. I have been looking into a Yamaha A-S501 amp and It seems like it can do the job well.

Is there any suggestions you folks have? I do have a budget of $600, while I can go higher I am not looking forward to that converstation with the wife.

My main requirements is that the amp has these certain features: subwoofer support, remote control, a pure non eq mode, and possibly bass managment, phono port or multiple rca inputs to add a phono preamp.

I am not too picky on brands or other features that might come up.

 

[AdamG]

Hello,

I just recently got a Kef LS50 Meta pair of speakers and I am loving everything about them so far. The color and the sound of these speakers are great. I am concerned however that the current AV/R I have cannot properly drive these speakers. I currently use the Yamaha TSR-700 receiver from Costco and I am not sure if this is the right pairing for these speakers. I am still within the return window for the receiver so I am not worried about returning the receiver if needed.

I am having a hard time finding an amp that can handle speakers that go down to 3.2 ohms which the specs of the kef ls50 say they do. I have been looking into a Yamaha A-S501 amp and It seems like it can do the job well.

Is there any suggestions you folks have? I do have a budget of $600, while I can go higher I am not looking forward to that converstation with the wife.

My main requirements is that the amp has these certain features: subwoofer support, remote control, a pure non eq mode, and possibly bass managment, phono port or multiple rca inputs to add a phono preamp.

I am not too picky on brands or other features that might come up.

Welcome Aboard @grizzlyray.

 

[grizzlyray]

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Thank you for the message. I appreciate it and I hope to learn more about audio from this site.
Already glanced at a lot of reviews and there is graphs I do not understand, at least not yet.

 

[AdamG]

Watch some of the review vids. Lots to absorb here. One small bite at a time. Amir does have some educational videos as well. Great resource.

 

[Matias]

Check the list in my signature.

 

[RoyB]

Go to AMAZON and buy a Sound Artist SA-200ia integrated amplifier ($450).....I recently bought one and my KEF LS50 Meta speakers showed up at my dealers today. Been listening now for hours......SIMPLY FANTASTIC combination! Blows away my Cambidge Audio AZUR 840 and a Yamaha Pre/Power (CA800/M4)....I'm convinced you would need to spend thousands more to get 10% better sound quality.....

 

[Doodski]

Sound Artist SA-200ia integrated amplifier ($450)

It looks good from a cursory view and without measurements. The name is not strange like some of the imported stuff names are. 200w/ch with remote control.