anyone tried Jolida amps with Maggies?

If you like the Jolida sound through maggies, get an aragon instead. The aragon will put out enough power for the hungry maggies.

The 502-B is definately underpowered, but the 1501RC is a perfect match for the MMG's. It will drive them beyond 90 db without distortion in a carpeted room 16x22x10. Do a search on Audio Asylum.

How many watts does your Jolida have and is a fairly high current design ?
I used to run my old 1.6's with a 45 watt CJ and thought it sounded great.

Uhm not enough juice. I tried my Cary SLA 70 on the Maggies and it just doesn't get it up even at very low volumes, high current speaks: (almost a purely resistive load-my hind quarters)just don't do well with toobs, it makes them sound slow, dull and closes in.

For Maggies get ye to a high current, HIGH quality amp.

loon

There is a dealer here in Northern California who always does this. Frankly, I don't like the combo: lots of lost detail. No, the Jolida needs to drive a more efficient speaker. I onced used a 102b to drive my Soliloquy 5.3s, and the sound was encouraging.