If your pre-disposed towards tubes, by all means get a tube power amplifier. But they are not "high current" devices by nature. A 60W power amp of any design, will not produce the transients and dynamics of a much higher power amp at higher sound pressure levels. And this is compounded by low impedance, low efficiency speakers. So it does get back to what types of music you listen to and the SPLs.
For an inexpensive solid state alternative with good high current output characterisitics I would consider the older Parasound amps. Not the Halo series (although they are not bad) but the earlier out of production models. Most were designed by John Curl, who also designed their much more expensive JC1 monoblock power amps.
One of the best, IMHO, is the HCA 2200ii, if you can find one. They run from about $500 to 850 used. Massive output current rating of 60 amps (90 amps surge) and this beast will drive 2 ohm loads no sweat. So the maggies are no issue. Very fast and open sounding amp.
They also made an HCA-3500 which has true dual mono power supplies and seperate amps (like two mono power amps in the same chassis), with a design similar to the 2200ii.
It has two power cords, one for each channel! 350 W/channel and a wopping 120 amps surge current capability. If you are lucky you may find this one used for under $1000.
Some believe that these earlier HCA versions rival the much more expensive JC1.
They also produced other versions of lower power ratings like the HCA-2205, HCA-1500, HCA-1000, which you can get a lot cheaper. But due to their lower power, the differences between these and a 60 W tube amp will be correspondingly less (from an output power perspective).
For an inexpensive solid state alternative with good high current output characterisitics I would consider the older Parasound amps. Not the Halo series (although they are not bad) but the earlier out of production models. Most were designed by John Curl, who also designed their much more expensive JC1 monoblock power amps.
One of the best, IMHO, is the HCA 2200ii, if you can find one. They run from about $500 to 850 used. Massive output current rating of 60 amps (90 amps surge) and this beast will drive 2 ohm loads no sweat. So the maggies are no issue. Very fast and open sounding amp.
They also made an HCA-3500 which has true dual mono power supplies and seperate amps (like two mono power amps in the same chassis), with a design similar to the 2200ii.
It has two power cords, one for each channel! 350 W/channel and a wopping 120 amps surge current capability. If you are lucky you may find this one used for under $1000.
Some believe that these earlier HCA versions rival the much more expensive JC1.
They also produced other versions of lower power ratings like the HCA-2205, HCA-1500, HCA-1000, which you can get a lot cheaper. But due to their lower power, the differences between these and a 60 W tube amp will be correspondingly less (from an output power perspective).