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High Current / Low Current / No Current ??????

In Laymans terms can someone explain to me why I hear as an example that in order to drive Magnepans you need a High Current amp and don't concern yourself with the Wattage per Channel. The next guy I ask tells me the complete opposite.
You need Wattage, don't concern yourself if your amp is High Current or not.
Thinking about trying a pair of MG12 or 1.6 or ???????
Another question along the same line.
Are tube amps High Current or what the hell are they.
This really is a question that I have tried to find the answer to by reading various threads and even after reading some I don't understand what I read.
I am not a Tech type person, more plug and play so to speak.
Thanks for your help.
Dave
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ar_t
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Matti Otala....the guy who did all the work on "TIM" wrote a paper for the AES (and believe it or not.......they accepted it! Or course, this was before he got under their very thin skin with his TIM work.)

Anyway....he showed by some complex mathematical mumbo-jumbo that the drive requirements for a speaker can actually be lower than its DC resistance would dictate.

Bottom line is.........in your case.........Maggies do not exhibit this phenomenon, as cone drivers in boxes do.

Low drive impedance may "grab" the panels better, but there is not necessarily a direct correlation between output Z and drive current.

Make any sense to you????
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