Maggie 1.6's and Power. How much is enough?


I have a great offer on a pr. of Maggie 1.6's but only have a Marantz SR 19 receiver ( 120watts x 5). Is this going to be way to small for these speakers. It will be for H/T in a smaller room. Thanks for any Idea's!!
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Showing 1 response by jwmazur

That should do it, but the Maggies LOVE current. It doesn't seem as if you can have enough power for these things. I tried a Pass X250 and when the bass notes came on heavy it pegged the current meter on the front of the thing. I used to have a pair of VTL MB250's and the speakers went loud and sounded like they could take more. I now have a mosfet power amp at 200WPC that has beer can capacitors with a total of 360,000mfd. The amp has LED V.U. meters and the amp clips at loud volume. Mind you, not head-banger loud, but it could use more. Do yourself a favor and try a high power amp, both tube and S.S. and see what they do.