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In Reply to: RE: Wimpy NAD vetoed for MMG! How about ARCAM? posted by zdog on August 26, 2014 at 09:09:53
Have you taken a look at Emotiva?
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Emotiva looks like a good starting point.
200 watts per channel on a closeout Emotiva amp for $299
https://emotiva.com/products/amplifiers/upa-200
I bought a couple of the last generation monoblocs (UPA-1) and made the MMG's sing. A quality product at a very good price. I am not a "fanboy" but I appreciate a good bargain.
Lets all talk the same units, it's a 125 watt amp (@8 ohms). However 125 watts can be more than enough and the Emotivas work well with Maggies.
Yeah, with the XPA-100 mono amps for 808.00 dollars you not only get good power for the MMGs at 400 watts into 4 ohms, but biamped power to boot. I would personally go this route rather than the XPA-2 because each XPA-100 has 60,000 uF of storage capacitance for a total of 120,000. That provides some serious current which these speakers need. The XPA-2 because of how the caps are wired only provides 45,000 uF which is shared between both channels. For a couple hundred bucks more the XPA-1Ls put out 500 watts into 4 ohms with 90,000 uF of storage capacitance and run on pure class A up to 35 watts, switching over to class A/B above that. And if you don't like their stuff you can send it back within thirty days for a full refund.
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