Building an all analog system around Magnepan .7 for 4K and under


Dear Friends, 
My wife and I are professional musicians, and we are saving up for a system to listen to mainly classical and jazz on vinyl. I'm a jazz drummer, and she is a classical double bassist. The more realistic our system is to our real instruments, the happier we are. We will be using this in a medium/smallish 12' x 11' room. 

We will not need a dac, just speakers, amp, turntable. We prefer an integrated amp with a phono preamp, to keep the set up simple as possible but we can consider buying an external phono preamp,

I've read recommendations for for Rogue Sphinx and Pioneer Plx-1000 to go with this system, but I was wondering if there are any other suggestions for our needs. We are also open to set ups that we can build on in the future, Like buying a Nad C 375 BEE and bridging it with a C 275BEE couple of years down the road, or buying a subwoofer later. 

Thanks again for your input, 
Emre

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Showing 1 response by sbank

Rogue/Maggie is a frequent combo, and should work nicely. Have you heard the .7s and listened to plenty of basscentric music? They are small which limits low freq ability and although many don't miss it much, since you are both bass-knowledgable and proabably play much music that goes pretty low, I think adding a sub or two might be very advantageous. This is a conundrum because it's tough to generate very low bass in a room as small as yours, so you might be inclined to demo before you buy or buy used to limit your downside if that doesn't work out. 
Yes, turntable in next room or on a wall shelf will eliminate a lot of problems. 
If you don't have a dealer nearby, call Mark at Rogue and send my regards. He will hook you up. Cheers,
Spencer