Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies?

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

Save your money, buy something like an Emotiva power amp. Why? The designer of Phase Linear amps Bob Carver did something controversial many years ago.  He modified his inexpensive Phase Linear Amp to sound as good in blind A-B testing as amps costing 10 or more times expensive. IMHO power amps vary very little in sound quality, such that a cheap amp may even sound better than an expensive one.

The stereophile measured this speaker well and came up with a quite low efficiency and lower than advertized impedance.

Tube amps use output transformers with secondary taps for loadmatching and typically do well with "nice" loads. The reflected load impedance may well match the output tubes, unlike solid state amps where the voltage on the load does not change much  with the load impedance. 

These Maggies don't fit into the "nice" category either for load impedance or efficiency.  I think you be chasing your tail with these speakers trying to find a suitable SS amp. It is hard to beat tube amps, especially if they have sturdy power supplies that don't dip under peak loads, i.e. massive capacitive energy storage.

Look for speakers with 90+ dB/ 1W /1m.

Beware of the "2.83V" spec used in speaker measurements for tube amps which mostly resemble a "current source" rather than a "voltage source". The 2.83V is used to mask impedance problems. 

I have Maggie 3.7i and I am currently running them with them between a Bryston 4BST and BAT VK655SE.  I have also used Parasound (two thumbs down) and Upgraded Haflers DH600 (Good).  the Brystons win easily.  If you really want a mellow sound and really don't care about imaging and dynamic range then the BAT might be right for you.  They Brystons preserve the speed, impact and imaging potential of the Maggies.  On paper the BAT's should have been a great match with it's higher power, higher current and mammoth power supply, but I will be upgrading back to Bryston.    

@meiatflask 

With the PrimaLuna HP, I believe you can roll in the Tung-Sol KT-120 tubes. Have you tried that? I think you would be surprised how good the LRS would sound using the PrimaLuna with the KT-120 tubes.

In my somewhat larger (14'x28') room, I'm having no trouble driving my 1.7 Maggies with either my 100W Rogue Cronus Mag. II  withe KT-120 tubes, or my old SS 200/350W ADCOM. Listening to the same music as you, at moderate levels, both amps do incredibly well. A little larger stage and presence with the Rouge and slightly more dynamics and punch with the ADCOM.

I think the idea that the smaller Maggies need massive amounts of power to sound good, particularly in a small space at moderate volumes, is quit overstated and a bit overblown. If considering a future move up to the larger 3.7i or the 20.7 then investing a Bryston 4BSST or Cubed would be a great match with any of the Maggies. JMO.......Jim