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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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tweak1
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Having owned Maggie 3.4Rs, I think you will be blown away with a LSA Voyager 350 GaN amp. Available now for ~ $2500 stock or modified by LSA for $500 more, including a real nice power cord

tweak1
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Thge LSA Warp 1 just got a rave review and it's <$1200

tweak1
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@happyship

 

Prior to getting a Voyager 350 (GaN amp) I had a EVS 1200, based on dual IcePower 600/1200 modules, which I purchased because the other class D amps I tried (W4S, Emerald Physics 100.2SEs, PS Audio M700s) simply did not couple/energize my large room. I was skeptical that dropping back in wattage would be countrproductive, but it is far more potent than the ~ double the power class D and way better sounding to boot

 

hth

tweak1
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@spacecadet65

 

According to Ric from EVS, the PS Audio M1200s are the exact same Icepower modules as he uses in my highly tweaked EVS 1200 (<$2400), but they use totally stock modules with a tube input said to be made in house. Oh, and they’re $5998 the pair. What are they smoking?

I never heard them, but can’t imagine them being any better than the EVS1200 and the Voyager 350 blew it away, confirmed by another who owned a EVS1200 then got a Voyager

 

The stock Voyager 350 Black Friday special is $2499 and the upgraded version is $2799, including a $150 wire upgrade and Diamond XLR interconnects (MSRP $900)

 

hth

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