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

Probably not saying anything new here but I’ve got parallel Set 45 monoblocks 4.5 wpc that are paired with large efficient horns that sound fantastic. I also have LRS+ that I bought as a holdover while the horns were being built. I would have to agree that they play music but not at anything I would recommend as a long term solution.

 

 

For Magnepan, Class D Audio GaN amp for about $1k and done!  
 

Made in the USA as well to boot. 

@atmasphere thanks for the detailed and thorough explaination as always! 👍👍☺️☺️ will go check out class D amplifiers, esp those ganfet ones :)

@bdp24 wow 100 wpc from a pair of kt88 sounds abit too good to be true! either the tubes are pushed too hard or the designer created a wonderful circuit! always thought about 50 wpc was quite a fair bit already.

@glenmschneider enjoy your 45 tubes! my current favourite tubes, but like you said, woefully inadequate for maggies! what brand/make of amplifier do you own? :) I have a 45 7w push pull from otomon :)