laid back stereo power amp

Oh yeah, the Magtech would be great with the 1.7i. But a $6,000 amp on $2200/pr loudspeakers?!

That’s the thing about Maggies: they are bargain priced, but that price is mitigated by the fact that they greatly benefit (some might say require) a fairly serious chunk-o-change investment in amplification for them. Still, if one has $6000 to spend, and likes the 1.7i enough to justify the expenditure, wny not? The low price of the 1.7i can be deceiving: it's sound quality far exceeds what one expects at it's price.

The same is true of the Eminent Technology LFT-8b, which retails for $2499. I guess I shouldn't talk: I use an $8,000 power amp with them, though I bought it used for far less.

While not wanting to be argumentative, the Atma-Sphere M60 is not a good amp for the 4 ohm Maggies. 1- OTL amps don't like low impedance loads. 2- The M60's output at 4 ohms is not nearly enough to drive 1.7's to anything approaching reasonable SPL in even a moderately-sized room.

Ralph Karsten says he has owners of his amps pairing them with Maggies, but with an Anticables Autoformer between amp and speakers.