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Monoblocks with lots of bottom end?

Hi, everyone
I am in the market for a pair of monoblocks with lots of power & bottom end. Any suggestion? I am looking at Bryston 7BST or SST or the Simaudio W-10. I am using a BAT VK-30 tube preamp & Magnepan 3.6r speakers. I have heard "Galant Divas system in virtual system" and was very impressed with his setup. He was using Musical fidelity kW (1000w @ 8ohm) monoblocks. I have never heard so much bass from a ribbon speaker (Scintillas). I am trying to mirror his system without selling off my mortgage. Any suggestion would be welcome & consider. Thanks in advance for your input. By the way, my current amplifier is Simaudio Aurora 7ch (200w/ch @ 8ohm, 400w/ch @4ohm). I am bi-amping by using 4 channels from the amp. Two channels are driving the tweeters & 2 channels are driving the bass panels. Thanks
n07tqn
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albertporter
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The three best amps I have ever experienced from the standpoint of dynamics, power reserve and superb bottom end are:

VTL 750
Audio Research Ref 600 Mk2
Tube Research GT 400

Of these, the VTL is the most reliable and the best buy financially.

Used, the VTL can be bought from $8000.00 to $9800.00 the pair and offer 600 to 750 watts per channel, depending on load.
slikric3000
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Are your maggies fuse protected ? I know someone with a pair and say the blow fuses pretty easy witha older Aragon amp. Seems like it be a waste of $$$ for big juice with that sort of problem unless of course you have the fuses bypassed. I saw a pair for sale with the fuses bypassed on here.
n07tqn OP
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Thank you for all of your responses. Looks like I will be going for a pair of apogee. VTL, AR 600, & GT400 will be out of my price range. My maggies are fuse protected. I have no problem with it so far of fuse being blown. I have been biamping with my aurora amp w/o any problem so far. Any suggestion on a Solid state amp or monoblocks? Thanks again for your input.
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dev
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NO7tgn which Apogees are you going to go for. A freind has Duetta Sig. with Bryston 7SST hooked up, sound is nice. The Sim W-10's are great amps and what Albertporter mentioned also.
rhythmace4218
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NO7tqn, I just wanted to point out that the bass response your friend is getting from his Apogee's, and your lack of bass response from your Maggies is room dependant. It would be a shame if you sold the Maggies, bought the Apogee's only to find you didn't have better bass. FWIW, I have powered my 3.6's with Pass X-600 mono's, Parasound JC-1 mono's, and currently am using a McCormack DNA-2 with SMC Rev. A mods, which is by far my favorite of the three. I hope this helps.
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