laid back stereo power amp

@6119

good choice to go back to frank v a

he is one of the best designers in the business... also a totally honorable, pragmatic, no nonsense, ’i spend your money like i spend my own money’ kind of person

an absolute prince and an example that many in the industry should follow

@auxinput 

fair enough... i misread what you wrote... you associated brightness with the other amp brand you mentioned in the same paragraph

all good

i do not agree with auxinput’s characterization of odyssey amps being bright

compared to an audio research tube amp of course it is bright, but compared to other solid state amps the odyssey/symphonic line sound is smooth and silky up top, grainless mids and strong grip deep bass - of course with any good solid state amp you can excite the treble with a poor sounding source or poor cabling

audio research tube amps are great with magnepans but you need quite an expensive one to properly drive maggies to satisfying volume levels and get half way decent bass response

@6119 
all good, cheers, enjoy the music
hope the recommendations are useful

@6119 
cap lock

THIS IS YELLING, so to speak

@6119 

we are happy to help you

but please stop YELLING

get one of frank’s power amps if you like his preamp, solidly built very good sounding gear

another option is to try a wyred 4 sound st series class d amp ... upper registers a little smoothed over, solid bass control, something the maggies appreciate

third option is an odyssey amp, they have a somewhat silky presentation also