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Amp suggestios for maggie mg12's

So I am getting my maggies tomorrow and am concerned they will not have enough bass for me.I listen to mostly electronic music and I am sure there is an amp within my budget (MAX 1000) that will give me the bass I am looking for at a lower listening level. Right now I have a Yaqin MC100B tube amp and when I auditioned the maggies at a dealer it was powered with a Mcintosh 275 tube amp. Now it didn't have enough bass at lower listening levels but when I turned it up it had enough. I don't have a preamp so that would have to be included for the budget. I am thinking of trying the NAD 372 as that seems to be the only integrated I can afford that is within budget. Maybe Sunfire or Outlaw power amps and I would go with a tube preamp. So if my Yaqin doesn't do the job what should I get or try? I don't really want to spend more money but if I have to I will. Experience would be awesome!
andrew01
ferrari
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I would suggest a amp such as the digital ones. Wyred 4 Sound or a PS Audio HCA 2. Main reason being the outouts do not sense the reactive load from the speakers. So these amps are not load sensitive, do not generate vasts amount of heat and have the outright power to drive planar speakers as opposed to class A and A/AB amps that are load sensitive. Many planar speakers can dip into the 2 ohm range so you will need an amp that can go there, I don't think the NAD 372 will be able to really handle the Maggies if pushed hard.
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mofimadness
4,982 posts
 
Odyssey Stratos Plus or Extreme. Even better, a Stratos Dual Mono if you can find one.
andrew01 OP
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I have been doing more reading and what about the musical fidelity a300? I will not buy a sub. The suggestion about speaker placement I think is a good one and I will try.
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philjolet
2,306 posts
 
I used a musical fidelity a300 with Maggie 1.6 and it was bright.

Cymbals seemed 5' across!

Otherwise it had good tone.

fwiw ymmv
magfan
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I use a PSAudio Integrated of 500x2 @4ohms into MG1.6s.
Bass is only OK.
If the MG12s follow Magnepan practice there is NO big dip in impedance and the phase angle of the load is moderate throughout.

Load sensitivity of an amp is a function of design, not the topology of the amp.
Good / bad designs, at least as far as driving a reactive load exist in all schools of design. For non-'d' amps, or even 'd' with non-switching power supplies, I'd start by looking at the sheer size and weight of the Power Supply.

Your new panels will only go so low and if you want some bass slam, you'd be well advised to at least demo a sub.
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