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In Reply to: RE: Magnepan 1.7 setup posted by yemtig@yahoo.com on October 31, 2015 at 17:05:26:
I ran the AI3a for more than 15 years and it's a great choice with a solid state amp. If you talk to Art Ferris at Audible Illusions, you'll find he's a fan of running them that way. I ran mine with several different solid state amps over the years (a couple Classe amps, a Bryston, and an Innersound and later MagTech amp). It's pretty quiet and very musical.
The phono stage on the AI3a is moving magnet only, but great sounding. You can use a step-up transformer (SUT) if you want to use a moving coil cartridge with your future turntable. I ran a Soundsmith "moving iron" cartridge with mine and was very pleased.
No big deal on running balanced or unbalanced (RCA). The Audible Illusions pre can run fairly long cables, which should give you placement options. I think every amp I ran had both balanced and unbalanced inputs, and I saw little improvement when I tried other amps that were balanced. The last one I tried was a Parasound JC2, which I found much drier sounding and less harmonically satisfying than the AI3a, but it was a bit quieter. A lot more money too. You've made a good choice.
The AI3a runs its tubes pretty hard, so don't get tempted to put in expensive NOS (new old stock) vintage tubes. Most won't last long. There are some options with new variants, but the ones that Audible Illusions supplies (Russian) will stand up well and sound darn good.
Good luck with your Maggies! Enjoy the music...
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