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Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7
"Cardas smoothed/dampened the sound out a little too much for my likes. The Empirical Designs are the bomb."I think I read somewhere that the Empirical Design jumpers are made of silver plated copper? All silver plated cables I´ve been trying have... 
Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7
"I think the impedance of the Maggies is too low to be safely handled by your power amp - the protection circuits see them as a fault (short) circuit load."Nothing wrong with his amp;"The main issue was the speakers ship with the tweeters disconne... 
Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7
Yes, I´m using the Cardas tweeter and midrange jumpers on my 3.7´s. 
Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7
He had not installed the tweeter jumpers. No wonder the amp shut down. 
Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7
"The OPs answer on the planar asylum: I can't figure out what he did except hook it back up after litle success with Cary amps.....?"RE:ISSUE RESOLVED 
How much Power for Maggies 3.6 is enough
Onemug, how did the McIntosh and Krell amps compare to your current XA100.5s? 
Magnepan 3.7R's Jumpers and Resistors
"since Magnepan only supplies one set of jumpers". Forgot to mention, there should be two sets of jumpers. 
Magnepan 3.7R's Jumpers and Resistors
I just ordered the Cardas mid-range jumpers for my 3.7s. I already had the tweeter jumpers on my 3.6s. 
Pass Labs:What to expect fm XA60.5 to XA100.5
"Are the 3.7s fused?" Yes, 5 amp mid and 2 1/2 ribbon.I really want to try the XA100.5s on my 3.7s, seems like a great match. 
Why are Pass such a good match with Maggies?
"Could you please explain this statement?"A quote from Robert Harley´s review of the XA100.5 in TAS. 
Why are Pass such a good match with Maggies?
Thanks, perhaps it is the XA.5´s character; "reminiscent of tubes but without tubey colorations" that make them a great match with Magnepans..... 
audio research REF 150
"I have one in for service..Will keep you posted. Looks nice, huge coupling caps. This one is silver silver. Pretty. When it's finished I will report the power output and -3dB points"Looking forward to your comments 
audio research REF 150
"It looks like it's about time for all of the reference series amps from ARC to be replaced by a new model if they keep to their 5-6 year new model intro as they have in the past"New 250s and 750s will be released soon. 
audio research REF 150
I wonder if the REF 150 has enough power for the Maggie 3.7 or if the coming REF 250s are needed, what are your thoughts? 
audio research REF 150
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