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Originally Posted by Jim Williams 
Do any of you think that great amp will fit behind that speaker?
Answer: No.
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Answer: Yes (although extremely rare)
Bryston makes some (power pacs) but they weigh a
ton.
Barefoot's amps are very, very good. KRK e8 had acceptable amps and the dynaudio air series have useable power. Some of the older Genelec had ok power like the 1037 (103x series), s30 and the sub amps were enormous. Meyer hd-1 have OK amps too.
Still, you take most of these amps and compare it to almost any decent outboard amp and they are inferior. Now, were talking about some of the most expensive active monitors and you could put a bryston, krell, mcintosh, pass labs, classe and even certain adcom amps on a passive version of the same speaker and they would be better in every way; at every volume.
Adam amps are OK but they can't beat something delivering higher, more stable current. That's what opens up the speaker sonically - it makes perfect sense.