what isgood amp for maggies 1.6 ,,with a tube pre


hi,,currently own demo maggies 1.6 ,,waiting for black cloth to arrive from magnepan,,right now white,,anyways i heard and saw my intergrated audioinnovations 500 tube amp,,at 25 watts per,,cannot possible drive these,,where i bought them mentioned the quad 909 sounds really good with this amp..can't seem to find one used,,i was thinking of trying a used 4b from bryston for power,,wondering if it would mesh well with the tube pre or should i try quad,,,by the way this store doesn't loan,,,,,and my nad reciever doesn't cut it also..thanks vince
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McCormack DNA. I recommended this to a buy, and at 185W into 8 it drove the maggies well. Preamp was a Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid tube preamp. He didn't need or want a subwooferwith that setup.

Used about $600-900 on the 'Gon.

The other standard recommendations are the Bryston 4bst or sst or the Odyssey Xtreme monos (for even more money). It all depends on what you need and what you expect from your stereo. But all of the above amps are good choices.