Will Emotiva XPR-5 power Martin Logan's?

[mamba24]

Hello, I have a pair of Martin Logan Ehtos, Stage X, and Motion 15's. I'm thinking of getting an Emotiva XPR-5 to power them. Is this a good Amp to power them? Any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[mamba24]

Anyone out there??????

 

[Rich]

Generally speaking, it is advisable to use an amp that doubles its output power with every halving of impedance when driving electrostatic speakers. This amp doesn't do that. So I wouldn't advise it for ML's. It will probably work fine if you don't push it, but those times when you do push it, it won't necessarily sound so good. A lot depends on whether you are more concerned with home theater effects or with high end stereo sound.

 

[mamba24]

Home theater mainly.