B&W DM-1200 speakers... advice please on best amp etc

[camilla]

Hi, I've just bought a pair of B&W DM-1200 speakers and could use advice on the idea amp (ideally an inexpensive or amazing-value-for-price amp).. I will probably also need a dac, as I will be playing music off my computer and ipod(s).. my other equipment is in South Africa and I don't want to re-buy everything.

I know very little about these speakers.. other than (from reading) that they prefer a fair amount of power?
room is about 12' by 12'.. and I could use all-and-any info and advice

much thanks, Camilla

 

[nolasally]

Older pro audio amps are cheap clean power from carver, Yamaha, crown,qsc. Emotiva is pretty cheap on the newer spectrum. I have same speakers and usually feed them a minimum of 100wpc. Older parasound is good as well as adcom and rotel Or NAD.

 

[camilla]

thank you so much, I will check them out..
are there any particular models you would recommend.. and am I correct in assuming that I should b looking for solid state not valve amps?

 

[nolasally]

Stick with solid state. Tube power would work but you would need 60-75wpc to make those speakers come alive which would NOT be inexpensive!

 

[damacman]

I've owned numerous B&W speakers over the years and have had great success pairing them with McIntosh amplification. Something like an MC752 or MC754 would be relatively inexpensive and match up well.