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I had a pair of 1290s for a number of years and never found them to be difficult to drive either. I had them on a variety of amps ranging from Adcom GFA-555 (run from an a/d/s/ R4), to a Yamaha DSP-A1. Of course their needs were more than the typical bookshelf speakers, but of course, you are talking 2 acoustic suspension woofer in separate chambers, so...... I must say that I remember them fondly!