Please Help Solid State Amps ?

Very interesting Mike....think I'll go right to Snowboarder.com and skip the rest. Broke a couple ribs boarding last winter and "had" to stay home and listen to music for a month. Darn.

Hi Mark; I could write a couple of pages about the virtues of the McCormack DNA-2DX, the Rev. A, and a pair of Rev. A's by SMc, but they've pretty well been covered by the reviews posted by Mikec above.

These are seriously powerful, smooth, refined amplifiers. I just had a pair up-graded to Rev. A for bi-amping, and they really are fantastic amps-- 300 wpc 8 Ohms, 600 wpc 4 Ohms, and 1200 wpc 2 Ohms. A used DNA-2 should be available for around $2500., and Rev. A is $2500. Good Hunting. Craig.

I can give an enthusiastic recommendation for the Aragon 8008bb. I little less money than the DNA's, but I have really enjoyed this amp. For even less money you could pick up a used 4004mkII, which I have also owned and enjoyed. These amps are very powerful and could drive your magnepans with no problem. I use my aragon to drive Thiel CS3.6's, which are very hard to drive and the amp has no problems.

if you really want to have ss amps for maggie.my absolute choice is goldmund SRM monoblocks

For what it is worth, my brother and I auditioned a pair of 3.6's, which were first being driven by VTL750 monoblocks. Very nice. Then the dealer (Audio Concepts in Houston, Texas) asked if we wanted to hear something very special. We declined. Not true, of course we agreed. He installed a single stereo SS amp and played through the very same system. Incredible change. Deeper, higher, clearer, etc., etc. Both of us did a double take the instant music came out.

The amp was a BEL 1001. I understand it is 50 watts per channel, but 200 watts in mono. I think they are around $4,000 each new (stereo), but every once in awhile I see one used, but don't remember the price.

By the way, I am not in the stereo business, and do not own either the BEL or 3.6 speakers, but just thought you might be interested in the tremendous impression this setup made on the two of us.