55dok
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| Amplifier for Magnepan MMG I've used a luxman R117 receiver(160w/ch and stable at 2ohms) with my 1.6 maggies. It should cost $250-325 on Ebay etc. and will be more than enough for MMG's. The luxman M117 amp ($350-450) is probably overkill at 200w/ch. A used Classe CAP151 in... | |
| Best Powerchord for DIGITAL sources? what are you. K-Works empowered cord if you can find one is excellent for digital front ends. | |
| Amp upgrade suggestions for a $2K budget I second the Classe suggestion for SS equipment. If you can make due with 150 watts/ch try the CAP151 integrated(around $1000 used). | |
| Magnepan Owners - Need Your Thoughts Please Magenepans like lots of high current power if you want them to play at orchestral levels. Good amps for the 1.6 models would be innersound esl 300, coda, classe 201 etc. The higher powered tube ampes will cost much much more (VTL 450,etc) and are ... | |
| What amp would you suggest for Magnepan MG12s If you want the best of both worlds, you can use a solid state amp and a tube pre-amp. That is the more expensive solution that I use with my 1.6's. However, I think that you would be shocked at how good the vintage luxmans sound with the maggies.... | |
| What amp would you suggest for Magnepan MG12s If you want to try an inexpensive solution (or cheap backup), a vintage Luxman R117 (160 watts/ch 8ohm) receiver ($250-325) would do nicely and if you don't play loud orchestral music but listen mostly to jazz and vocals you might get away with a ... | |
| First Plasma/LCD purchase ever - a few questions.. You can go to the home theater forums and AVS forums (audio visual forums) as well as some on-line reviews to get the proper settings for many plasma and LCD TV's. Or, as suggested above, you can get a calibration DVD. I would not spend the money ... | |
| Rebuilding LP12; which tone arm I have not used my Linn LP12 for some time. However, When it was properly set up with a Dynavector 505 arm and Dynavector ruby MC cartridge it sounded wonderful to me. | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Speaker choice in this or any price range would depend upon your room size, room acoustics and personal preferences. That said, as a maggie owner and owner of electrostatics and Nelson Pass equipment myself, you also seem to prefer planar designs.... | |
| What sub x-over to get? Check for the next Outlaw ICBM-1 crossover to come up on Agon (one just sold for $145..a real steal) or Paradigm X-30 ($100 range). | |
| powervar power conditioners I use my powervar for my pre-amp,transport and dac. I had also at one point used it with a receiver &/or amp but decided I liked the amp plugged directly into a cryo'd outlet a bit better. | |
| Innersound Speakers Some years ago I compaired the innersound eros mark 1 speakers with the then top of the line ML Requests (same room and electronics) and the innersound electrostats were much cleaner, faster and had much better bass. Since then, both innersound an... | |
| Best bang-for-buck purchase you have made? Addendum:Two pairs of Apex signature speaker wires (purchased from on line reviewer) as well as my Cogen Hall EM digital cable. ( I will never part with these cables). In retrospect, these were more of a gift than a sale from the prior owner. | |
| Best bang-for-buck purchase you have made? Linn turntable,dynavector 505 arm and dynavector ruby cartridge all thrown free with my first major purchase of electrostatic speakers and threshold electronics 30yrs ago.Otherwise, a (tested) perfect luxman R117 receiver with remote for $125 on e... | |
| Top 5 recievers of the 70's and 80's ???? Luxman: R117, R115Marantz: 2270Tandberg: 2075, 2080Nakamichi: SR3a |