stickman451
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| The $5000.00 Complete System Challenge I second the Magnepan 1.6's; or, if you can stretch the $$$ and your room is large enough I would go with a good used pair of Magnepan 3.6's (IMHO, they are better in every way than the 1.6's or the 1.7's for that matter)...A used NAD C275 BEE ste... | |
| Moving from the Magnepan 3.6 to the 20.1 Good info on the Cary 500 MB; I would probably have to buy them without a personal audition in my rig and that makes it a little more difficult to make the leap... I do keep an eye out for a good used pair but they only become available infrequent... | |
| Moving from the Magnepan 3.6 to the 20.1 MacdadTexas,do the Cary 500 MB's ever seem to run out of steam driving your 3.6's? What do you like the most about them? Did you compare them against other high-power amps before you purchased them? | |
| Moving from the Magnepan 3.6 to the 20.1 Well, that is one option I have been debating... not sure which I will do first, a better amp or a pair of 20.1's.... probably a better amp though, so that I can see what the 3.6's can really do... | |
| Moving from the Magnepan 3.6 to the 20.1 I would most likely buy a used pair. I'm with you on the power requirements; I only use my VTL 125 MB's for my Khorns (which I keep in the same room as the Magnepans. One nice thing about the Khorns is that they sit right in the corners, out of th... | |
| Pass Labs A/B amps vs Class A amp and Actual Power So, roughly, with 1.5 ft from each side wall and 5 ft spread, a minimum room would be 13ft wide since 20.1 is approx 2.5ft wide...Adding another 1.5 ft on each side (total of 3ft) would make that minimum 16ft wide and one more foot spread between ... | |
| Pass Labs A/B amps vs Class A amp and Actual Power Rtn1, that is exactly what Pass told me today. All of the XA.5 amps will double their Class A output into 4 ohms.Guys, any thoughts on the absolute minimum room width for Magnepan 20.1's? | |
| Pass Labs A/B amps vs Class A amp and Actual Power For me it's probably a mute point; the XA100.5 is most likely more than I can/would spend even at used prices... | |
| Pass Labs A/B amps vs Class A amp and Actual Power Teajay or other 20.1 owners - in your opinion, what is the absolute minimum room width that will work with a Magnepan 20.1? | |
| Pass Labs A/B amps vs Class A amp and Actual Power I'm pretty sure that Pass Labs told me that all of their XA.5 and X.5 amps 'double-down', so an XA100.5 would give you 200 watts of Class A into a 4 ohm load... Pretty sure I heard them say that exactly... | |
| Pass Labs A/B amps vs Class A amp and Actual Power I actually gave Pass Labs a call today and they were very patient and helpful in discussing the relative power(s) of their amps. They recommended either the XA100.5 or the X350.5. They felt that in my larger room and considering my history in usin... | |
| Pass Labs A/B amps vs Class A amp and Actual Power Thanks for the feedback. There is a used XA-60.5 on AG right now; very tempting! It's just difficult to accept that a 60 watt amp can drive the Maggies with more or as much 'power' than a 350.5 but I we talking about different kinds of watts too. | |
| Best REL Subwoofer for Magnepan 3.6's Thanks; the REL Storm looks very promising, even two used would not brake the bank and they just might move the 3.6's to sonic nirvana. | |
| ARC Ref phono 2 vs ASR Basis Excl 2010 Interesting that you liked the AR Ref phono 2 better than the Ypsilon. I believe that Michael Fremer commented that he liked the Ypsilon much better than the AR that he heard at this year's CES; I guess everyone is different...I liked the AR Ref P... | |
| ARC Ref phono 2 vs ASR Basis Excl 2010 I recently tried the Ref Phono 2 and I felt that it bettered my Hovland HP-100's internal phono in every way; I loved it! Big money however... |