Gonk and Cvinfig,

Thanks so much for replying to my request. Gonk, you always write back and I love that. The link you sent is for a small pair of Book shelf speakers I think. My buddy has a pair of the Alon II Mk2 and with his Audio Research SP6 preamp and the VTL compact 100 mono block Tube amps, the sound is AWESOME.

Is the sound of the 1070 good enough for me not to think about using an amp and preamp in your opionon?