Man, I miss my Maggies, and after going through many, many amps once I found the Magtech amps from Sanders, there was no going back. Everything that I liked before got bigger, wider, fuller, yet somehow sharper. The last pair I had the Magtech amp on were 20.1's, and it was a stellar match, I would have moved to the mono-block set up if I'd kept those but I don't know how it could have gotten better. That amp replaced Cary 500 MB's, which were a great match, and had replaced the Bryston 14, which I liked as well. You can find the Magtech's used sometimes well under your price point, and a new one from Sanders would still be under your top price. For the LCR, no way you need the mono blocks, in fact, if you find a used Magtech, if you have the room you could move up the Maggie ladder without needing to upgrade the amp.
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?