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I ran mine for years with a Hafler DH 200, they were fine, just fine this way. However, I came into a DH 500 and they is finer...... Short story they like some power and are 4 ohms, but the 100 watt/channel Hafler was good.
 
NAD amps always seemed to pair well with 104/2s. Seen it done many times.

I've even seen a tiny NAD 310 integrated amp (the very odd one with a MOSFET and a bipolar transistor in the output of each channel- 25w/ch into 8 ohms, about 35w/ch into 4 ohms) VERY convincingly drive the pair of 104/2s owned by AK former contributor BrassTeacher. That shouldn't have happened, in theory- but damned if it didn't, in real life... :)

Regards,
Gordon.
 
Never tried the Carver.?
when I hold off the Jeff Rowland turn on the Carver ( M 1.5t ), I assure you that sounds really magically.
:music:
His its absolute power controls almost like jeff...
 
Second the NAD comment.
And also the power comment.

I've had mine connected to anything from 50 watt rebuilt Nikko integrated to NAD2400 (100w) to Amherst Audio (170w) to Hibachi mono blocks (205w). The speakers improved every time with more power.
 
Old thread, but I'll share my input anyway :)

I’ve had the best results with amplifiers that have a neutral sound signature. I’m currently using the IOTAVX SA3 + PA3 combo and it sounds absolutely fantastic together. I think neutral amplifiers work best because they provide an incredibly balanced soundstage. As soon as you use a warmer amplifier, I feel like the bass area starts to overpower the rest of the soundstage.

Of course, sound is a matter of personal taste, but that’s just my opinion :)
 
I use mine alternatively with a Carver PM-1.5 and pure class A 150W monoblocks. The Kefs sound fantastic with both and they love a LOT of power.
 
I’ve restored a couple sets, and while I had them, they were driven by the Victor/JVC-M7050 power amp, (210wpc on the bench), and they sounded fabulous.
 
I guess I'd like to hear mine on a bigger amp... so far I've only heard them on a Marantz 2015 (15 wpc @ 8 ohm), 2230 (30 wpc @ 8 ohm) and SR4000 (50 wpc @ 8 ohm)... and they sound pretty great to me.
 
I had a pair of 104/2, actually I had 3 pair, cherry, rosewood and black,. I played them with my Rotel 1095 200 wpc in my home theater,1 pair on the mains and 1 pair on the rear channels. They sounded good and I used them that way for quite awhile before changing to different ones.

After a while of not using them I decided to thin the heard and sell a pair. When the new owner bought them I set them up to demo them for him.

For the 1st time I hooked them up to my other Rotel 1090 370 wpc, and wow! These speakers really liked the additional power, the bass which I thought they were a little shy with came alive and I was sorry I sold them.
 
I’ve had my KEF 104/2’s for a few years now and powered them with an Adcom GFA-5400, Yamaha M-65, Perreaux PMF1850, and a PS Audio 200C. My take away is the Adcom was only just enough but tired, the Yamaha sounded great in class A mode but was better suited to an 8 ohm speaker, and the PMF1850 and 200C are the best because they double down their output from 8 to 4 ohms. The KEF 104/2 needs high current and plenty of headroom.
 
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