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Can single ended 211 or 212 amplifiers drive magnepan 20.7?

Dear All

I have been reading up about maggies and am chasing after a huge immersive soundstage that the maggies provide, and would like to combine them with a sweet and musical sound that single ended tube amplifiers provide. 

I currently own the cary 805 ae mono blocks which uses a single ended 211 class A output of ~25watts, and am wondering if an amplifier like this or something much bigger like the 212 single ended tube amplifier with 40-50w of class A1 output can drive the magnepan 20.7s? 

Cant seem to find much info on the web, or people with any experience. Would definitely appreciate any advice or sharing of experiences here! :)

 

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

Thegreenman

thegreenman

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assetmgrsc
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I have used Maggies for more than twenty years and for most of that time was very happy using a hi quality 100 watt/ch class A/B amp. Now I drive them with a Rogue Farrah and it does fairly well, but I am not completely happy with the sound, and I am not completely happy with my hearing, so not sure what the problem is. crying  However, I am sure of the beauty of Maggy sound and the need for clean power. Stop trying to use low power tubes to power them and switch to any number of reasonably powered solid state ( including modern Class D ) amps and you will rewarded.  I might add that a couple of years ago I added a 12 inch SVS 2000 Pro sub to the system and it filled up the bottom end quiet a bit. Don't let anyone poo poo you on the new SVS subs, they are pretty good.

Good luck on your search.

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