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SEEKING AN AMPLIFIER THAT MATES WELL WITH MARTIN LOGAN 11 A IMPRESSIONS

Room is 18' long by 11 foot wide with 8 foot ceilings and light drapes on order for rear wall. I sit about 10 feet from the speakers.

Current Equipment: 1. Martin Logan 11A 4 feet from rear wall and 16 inches from side wall. Set up by dealer using Anthem to maximize the internal woofers.

2. Cary Audio 306/200 as a transport with Chord Qutest DAC

3. Conrad Johnson tube power amp classic 62   65 watts per channel

which replaced Rogue Audio Atlas Magnum II 100 watts/channel-CJ sounds better.

4. Rogue Audio Preamp RP-1

Not happy with the sound, speakers sound anemic to me. I was thinking that a more powerful amp would bring the speakers to life. I realize that the woofers have a built in 375 watt amp.  In short, what amp would work better than my current set up? I'm assuming a better match of amplifier would improve the overall sound. 

Thank you. 

 

 

 

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audphile1
4,239 posts
 

@carlsbad2 thanks for the info and the offer! I’m jersey. But if I’ll be in your neck of the woods I’ll hit you up!

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audiotroy
3,591 posts
 

coda amplifiers sound amazing we haves parasound jc5 plus trade in comming in

 

the coda .8 will do the trick it is watm dynamic and images great made in CA

 

 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect nj

Coda And parasond dealers

 

ps we are in nj as well

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russ69
3,360 posts
 

Magtech works well, better than most.

hifiguy42
131 posts
 

My main system speakers are Impressions.  I use a Classe CA-D200 (class D, 200wpc/8Ω amp paired with an ARC LS7 (tube) preamp and I've never had the urge to change either. The CA-D200 provides excellent bass control, silky midrange, and effortless high frequencies. 

I do highly recommend taking your time with speaker placement, use songs that you love and know by heart - it's time consuming but should be fun! For reference, my room is 13.5 wide by 25 feet deep with an 8 foot ceiling. My speaker placement is (center of front of speaker) 5 feet from the front wall and a 3.5 feet from the side walls.  I sit about 8 feet from the rear wall of the room.

erik_squires
15,710 posts
 

Look at the AM Acoustics room mode simulator. Try to keep your speakers and listening locations out of the lowest room modes.

While I’m a big fan of Luxman, the uber ESL amp is a Sanders Magtech. Definitely the opposite of anemic with ESLs.

PS - Huge fan of CJ pres and amps but have never seen a CJ amp do well with an ESL.  Typically keeping a tube pre and solid state amp is the starting recipe for a great ESL experience, though there are exceptions and people who will naysay this, but most people who try this out are happy.

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