[tbrooke]

I am finally getting an itch to change out Amps to go with my new 626Rs and I have narrowed it down to Van Alstyne 240 and 260 the 260 only has about 5 more watts than the 240 but it supposedly has "twice the thermal and current capacity" and is recommended for speakers down to 2 ohm impedance. The 240 is supposed to have basically the same circuits but is recommended down to 4 ohms. I tried to look up the impedance on my 626Rs and all I could find in the specs was 4 ohms - but I think this can very. Any suggestions, is higher current capacity something I need for my 626Rs or should I save a couple hundred bucks? I may post this on the AVA forum too.

Tom

[Brian Cheney]

The 626R is an 8 Ohm system with a 4.6 Ohm minimum impedance.  Either amp should work fine, ask Frank.

[Darac]

My suggestion is on this way- Vincent SV238/2x200watt/8ohm/2x400/4ohm/2x700/2ohm.
www.vincent-tac.de

[miklorsmith]

I've used a 6-watt chip amp, a 6-watt tube amp, a 30 watt chip amp, a 40 watt chip amp, and currently a 30-watt SS amp with my 626's in a large room.  All these amps had no problem pushing the speakers, even at robust volumes.

Currently the speakers are in my folks house with a 125-watt SS amp.

Either choice will be just fine.