Naim powering Gershman Grand Avant Garde

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Anyone have experience or advice on Nova PE ability to drive Gershman Grand Avant Garde speakers?

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You’re more likely to win the lottery than to find someone who has both.

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I was hoping for a more technical response

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Looking at the quoted sensitivity of 89dB and load of 6 ohms (no idea whether that’s a nominal figure or how reactive) then they should in theory be within the Nova PE’s driving capability. Looking at comments elsewhere, those with experience of them recommend at least 100W/channel with 200W/channel being more than adequate, so the Nova PE appears spot on there. However, there’s much more to a good match than just numbers, so best to try the pairing for yourself.

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I’ve auditioned the Gershman Grand Avant Garde and they are outstanding loudspeakers deserving of state-of-the-art electronics to drive them. However, they do not pose a difficult load to amplifiers, a Nova PE should easily drive them to produce wonderful music, with the caveat that it will not be able to draw out everything those fantastic loudspeakers have to offer.

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Thanks for the feedback Richard. Given the choice would you pair a Nova with a NAP250 (DR?) to drive the Gershmans or just go with the Nova PE? Would the sound be equally good?

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Thanks for your feedback. What would draw everything out of the Gershman GAGs? Nova+NAP 250?

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No, if you wanted to use an NC NAP250 then better to partner with something like an NSC222. Do the dem and compare for yourself.

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That’s an open ended question, the Gershman GAGs are world class loudspeakers, I don’t think they can be outmatched by electronics unless we are talking about the extreme high end stuff.

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