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Magnepan 12s

Help!

I am new to this and would greatly value your input. I want to buy Magepan 12s. I want to use denon 3802 reciever and 1600 dvd player. I listen primarily to music.

My question is: I have read that the maggies will not work well with japanese recievers. Has anyone been successful with this type of reciever? If not can you recommend a reciever and player for under $1000 that will work well with these speakers? I really don't want to go to seperates. Thanks for your help
tz7
castle
1 posts
 
Jolida, Jolida, jolida, a 202 would work great. I have one and love it.
TC
tz7 OP
20 posts
 
Would I have buy additional equipment besides a dvd player? What does an integrated amplifier do? Thanks
mikec
199 posts
 
Oh boy,,,, those Maggie 12s aren't bad at all with a Plinius 8100 integrate and entry level Audio Note CD. Not an expensive system but very nice sound. I heard this setup at Audio Connection in Verona NJ... Not bad at all,,, nice match up. Good sound and not expensive at all. Very good system for a small room and not wanting to spend crazy money. That Plinius integrate drove those 12's nice and the bass wasn't bad at all. Nice sound..
jimbo3
304 posts
 
An integrated amp is simply the amp and pre-amp sections on one chassis. Most of the time they share the same power supply. (A receiver is an amp, pre-amp and tuner in one chassis sharing the same power supply.)

You will need AT LEAST 125 wpc of GOOD power to drive the 12's, 200 is better. Later on, you can add a fairly inexpensive powered sub with an active x-o to really get the 12's to sing.

Regards
Jim
alcides
44 posts
 
I dissagree that you need 125 watts for the mg12's. I drove mine very well with a Linn Classik (75W/4?, approx 40w/8?).
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