Hi Shaman. Mac and Maggies. I had a Mac 2300 amp, Mac pre-amp and tuner. They are a magical combo. It could be the Mac autotransformer that makes this combo sound so well. Very life like, dynamic and great goosebump sound. I had the 2C Maggies at the time. This was back in the 80's. I also have found that Maggies sound thier very best with solid core wire. I went to Home Depoe and brought some heavy duty electrical wire. It was so thick that it filled the Maggie input for the speaker wire. A fab sound. Try it, you'll like it. Have told 5 other Maggie owners and everybody agreed that the thick solid core wire was the way to go. I hope this helps. Kittyhawk