best amp for a Maggy 1.7i

Magnepan is a great speaker with amps of sufficient current. You may find that the amps which have the muscle, great current and enough WPC will ALLOW the speakers to sound their best. And why wouldn’t one want a speaker this good to sound the best? Also I think of inefficient speakers as not hard to drive.... rather they demand too much from amps which were not designed for them. It really is a matter of the speaker pulling too much from the amp.

As far as the 1.7, I would either go with a really good integrated like the Musical Fidelity M6500i or a pair of quality mono blocks like Parasound JC1. 

Parasound A23. Plenty of power and around $1,000 in the used market. The A21would be better if you can find it for $1500.

The 1.7i needs lots of hi current power.

Good luck and enjoy the Maggie's ride.

2Pscop, Where can you get a pair of parasound Jc1's for $1,500?

I have almost a similar setup, I use odyssey’s cyclops to drive 1.7i.

i too would like a pair of jc1 monos for 1500

link please?... 🤣