Tympani 1A's and AMPLIFICATION.


I have a pair of  Maggie Tympani 1A's and was wondering what people have used for amplification, SS or Tubes or whatever.  I believe they were originally paired with Audio Research amps.  Does anyone have experience with different types of amplification with these speakers.  I am currently using a Krell KAV 300I.  These speakers are 8 ohm.
dpetri

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Satie over at the Planar Speaker Asylum has a pair Tympani T-IV’s which he bi-amps, using a Crown 2000wpc amp on the T-IV bass panels! Magnepans recommended T-IV bi-amp x/o is non-symmetrical, low-pass 18dB/octave at 250Hz and high pass 6dB/octave at 500Hz. The recommended bi-amp x/o for the T-1A is symmetrical, 6dB/octave at 1000Hz for both high pass and low. Playing up that high, the amp for even the bass panels needs to possess higher sound quality than if used to only 250Hz.

The Sanders Magtech amp would be great, if your budget allows. Bi-amping allows the use of two smaller amps, a tube one for the m/t panels being a potentially great sounding possibility. I will soon be setting up my T-IV’s, using a 400wpc (@ 4 ohms) solid state amp on the two bass panels and a 100wpc tube amp for the m/t.

The more power the better! The T-1’s were often bi-amped in the 70’s, with a high-powered amp for the two bass panels, and a moderate one for the m/t panel. There is a lot of discussion on this topic on the Planar Speaker Asylum and MUG (Magnepan Users Group) sites.