I know this is long past but for the curious who continues to look at the thread. I run Magnepan 1.7i and have used a multitude of amps and integrated amps and most have been very good to exceptional so my contribution is to say ...find an Atoll signature series amplifier. they range from a AM200 to 400. If you like detail yet smooth....l know you can pick these up cheap used so keep an eye out for them. thank me later!!
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?