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Amplification Recommendations For Magnepan .7

I am new at this and I am hoping I can get some good advice.  I listened to the Magnepan and fell in love with them.  I've been gearing up to buy them over the last three weeks.  I started reading about them online and I'm seeing that good, powerful amplification is very important to get them to really perform.  At the stereo store I know they were powered by a top flight amp.  So now I have to get an amp/preamp and DAC, integrated amp with DAC or with a separate DAC. I listen to Tidal a good deal.  

The problem is that my budget is limited to around $1200 so I don't know if that can make the cut to get something that can do the speakers justice.  I'm open to buying used.  I would be grateful for any recommendations.  

amritash

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I was a Magnepan dealer for many years and have personally owned almost every model they've made.  I have also tried many, many amps with them.

For your budget, (used) I would recommend:

Odyssey Stratos Plus or Extreme.  You might be able to find a pair of the monos for maybe a little more.

Belles 150A Reference

Emotiva XPA-2 or if you can find a pair, the Emotiva XPA-1L (Class A) mono amps are incredible.

There are a lot of others too.  I'm sure you will get many recommendations.
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You can't use the RX675 as a preamp, but you could sure try it as a receiver.  The amp in it, isn't that beefy, but it won't harm anything to try it with the .7s.

You won't get the full sound quality benefit with the .7s using the RX675, but it's a place to start.  Might as well try it since you already own it.
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Yes, that would work.
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Yes you can.  The SVS2000 only has line level inputs (no speaker level), but it also has an output.

You would run a pair of interconnects from the output of the Aune to the input of the sub.  Then run a pair of interconnects from the output of the SVS2000 to the Bryston.

The SVS2000 has a fixed 80hz/12db per octave high pass filter.  That should work pretty well.

You could also run a set of RCA "Y" adapters out of the Aune, one to the Bryston and one to the SVS2000.  This will work, but might cause some impedance problems.
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