If you're looking at speakers that nice, look at Emotiva for a stereo amp. The X7 has RCA outs for an amp. Emotiva carries some low entry cost 100W/channel amps. Can't recommend them enough. Don't waste your time with the better power supply for the X7. It's really for extreme close listening and with basic speakers.
I love Dynaudio and they need real power to shine. You'll spend less on an amp then I did my X7 op amp upgrade.
Cheers, appreciate the advice!
Unfortunately, for my situation, there are two factors at play for me:
1)
Desk space. I'm hoping to have as few components on my desk as possible, and free up desk space.
2)
Cost of amps in Australia. We're a pretty small market here, so brand new items are expensive, and also comparatively fewer of these amps come onto the second hand market. I also live quite far away from the big cities of Melbourne and Sydney, so the scope for buying second hand stuff is even more reduced. I'll keep an eye out though, that's for sure.
Alright, so there are three choices ahead of me that I can see.
1) Go demo the recommendations both yourself and Digitalis gave to me. I'm sure I will find something I'll like that can be powered by the X7. Also, I'll keep my eyes open for other speakers at an affordable price.
2) Shift my focus and look for active speakers. Any suggestions of powered speakers pretty much in the same ballpark as the speakers that have been suggested?
3) Wait until something nice comes onto the market, that can be powered by the X7.
Any thoughts on great (active) speakers that I could consider looking at?