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any Rethm owners out there?

I have a pair of Rethm Maargas that I've always driven with tubes.  Low watt Don Allen amps, 40-watt Golden Tube Audio, and 120-watt MFA M120 monoblocks.  Preamp is MFA Magus.

These are highly enjoyable speakers that are easily driven even by 4 watt amps like the Don Allen 2A3 SET but I was greatly surprised when i hooked them up to a pair of MFA M-120 monoblocks.  The bass tightened up, and dynamics increased and not in a subtle way.  The word effortless comes to mind.

I'm wondering what amps/preamps other are using with their Rethms, and also if anyone's tried using silver cables.  Thanks.
alfagil

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prof
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Not an owner but I always wanted to hear Rethm speakers.  Such an intriguing design and I've liked aspects of lowther-type speakers before.

I finally got a nice sit down to listen to various tracks on some Rethm speakers at the last Toronto audio show.   My impression was that they did some of that nice lowther-driver stuff, super airy, transparent, vivid, with a sense of "presence" and transient solidity.   My main gripe would be an overall lean and somewhat whitened/blanched tonal quality.

I'd love to hear them again, though.
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