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Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies?

I am looking for another amp to drive my magnepan LRS, looking for a solid state amp to deliver more detail than my current tube amp, but don't want to give up (much) of the soundstage and depth.

I have a small listening room with a near field set up, so I don't need a ton of power for ear piercing volume. I listen mostly to acoustic rock, acoustic jazz and female vocalists.  I want more the guitar on Keith don't go and hotel canifornia intro from hell freezes over to  to sound... better...

at the risk of sounding stupid, I am driving these $650 speakers with many thousands of dollars of electronics.  The amp is a Primaluna HP (80wpc using 4 EL34s per channel), CJ ET7 preamp, PS Audio Direct stream DAC and a Naim digital source. All with MG audio silver interconnects and speaker wire. Even the interconnects cost more than the LRS.  

I am very happy with my current set up, but would like to grab another amp to a change of pace.

My budget is $5-8K, used or new.  My room is such that mono blocks set up well, but that is not necessary. 

thoughts/recommendations?

 

 

meiatflask

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I would have to agree with Pass-Labs XA60.5 or better yet XA60.8 mono-blocs.  I had the XA30.8 stereo amp and it sounded terrific with 93db speakers.  I seldom moved the meter on it and I played some music pretty loudly !  Don't let the 60WPC fool you into thinking that's not enough power  . Pass designed these amplifiers with lots of power-supply.  They are 60WPC class A into 8 ohms and double into 4-ohms.  You should be able to find a pair of 60.8 mono's within your price-range.  Many times,  Maggies are demo'd with Pass-Labs amps which obviously sound great.  Good Luck on your amp-quest ! 

John

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