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In Reply to: RE: Magnepan posted by neil.moynihan156@gmail.com on April 14, 2014 at 16:36:34
If you want to use any of these amps you would probably benefit from lightening the load on them with a pair of subwoofers.
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I have a 150wpc valve amp. I've tried it with my 3.7s in a full range setup and it definitely sounded under-powered. Diverting the heavy lifting to a pair of subs via an electronic crossover, that amp has no problem.I should qualify that statement. A few nights ago, I discovered that my amp was in triode mode. I switched it from ultra-linear one night when I was listening to quiet music while reading and I completely forgot about it. I've recently been somewhat disappointed in the sound of my system and I finally realized why. I had a senior moment (and I'm not really a senior yet). Curiously, cranking it in triode mode with the wrong kind of music aggravated the Maggie tizziness (at least, that's how it sounds). It's much better in ultra-linear mode (unless I'm listening to acoustic music at more reasonable volumes). So, even with the load lightened, 75(tube)wpc just doesn't cut it (IMO and with my amp).
Edits: 04/15/14
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