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Tubes with Magnepan Atma-Sphere

I'm in the market for an amp for my Magnepan 20.1 and have been looking at Rowland 304, McIntosh 501/402/602, H2O Signatures, Krell 300/400cx, and others. I haven't had the Krell and H20 in my system yet. All of them offer great things like low end control. The problem I am having is when I tried a friends MA1 the sound was just magical. Now the bass wasn't there but the amp was musical as ever. My question is has anyone tried a pair of MA1 monostrapped together for more power (about 300 watts) or a pair of MA2? I know about the heat issue. My wife and I sat down and listened to a McIntosh 402 last night and it wasn't bad but when we put the MA1 back in the system the mids and highs were there. The amp just sounded magical.

Thanks...
muslover

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loontoon
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It ain't going to be cheap.

Leave the Atmos on the top, and add seperate amps for the bottom, the OTL's are not going to be a good match for the bottom end. Get a great SS amp for the bottom, (can be a chore to integrate, or a big Manley/VTL/ARC 300's toob amp pair for the bottoms and a great X/O. ARC or Bryston for the X/O section.

Or throw out the Maggies, move to Soundlabs and subs.

You do have a set of subs for the big maggies?

loon
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