I have a pair of the originals and currently drive them with Concert Fidelity ZL120SEV2 monoblocks. They are a match made in heaven. This is the 5th amplifier I have used with them. Prior amps included a couple of Goldmunds, a Bow Tech ZZ-1 and a Sharp SM-SX100. Top to bottom the CFs are as neutral as the Sharp was with these speaker, but the CFs are dead silent and allow images to emerge from deep black backgrounds.
Well worth considering if you are thinking of investing in a pair of Extremas. My only qualm with the Extremas is the crowded placement of its speaker binding posts and the quality of those posts. One day soon I hope to disassemble the speakers to replace the binding posts with a better quality alternative, although the crowding situation cannot be improved.
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