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In Reply to: RE: Tube - Solid State Mags-ML posted by timm on May 10, 2017 at 09:36:09
At that budget on the used market there are the Parasound Halo A21 and the Sunfire grand, the large multichannel amps from Lexicon and Theta (Dreadnaught) particularly if you are looking to biamp in the future, the big classe mono amps, a pair of bridged Classe DR9. The old Threshold and Krell mono class A amps. The Emotiva monos also fit the bill and leave you some change.
If you want power to be a non-issue then a Crown Macrotech 5000HD or a predecessor will always have power on hand, sounds better that the linear ones. Should be available used within your budget. If you are a mezzoforte player, then you would be better off with something less powerful and more refined sounding.
The Pass amps that are sufficiently large are also too big for your budget. Of the class AB pass amps I think you could do with the 250 models. But you will tax them when playing loud.
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I will tell you the way the sunfire is designed - makes adding any bass panels .... DMW... Tympani - whatever .... a piece of cake....
I just might find this amp to be 'dreamy' with the mags.... It seems to have all of the attributes that people mention... high power... high current.... I can hook up multiple ways to either give a warmer presentation or not....
It will be a fun ride....
My conundrum comes in because I will have these two systems - and it would be 'nice' .... if they were both great... yet different..... and then it becomes ... Do I want to go the extra mile - and get a BETTER amp for the Mags.... as opposed to spending my money on an amp for the Logans..... But - then the cash will be severely limited when I purchase the big boys.... I 'gave' an amp to my son .... which would have worked for me on the logans.... but he wanted to start a system with MMGs ..... and well... you know how that goes.... :)
I know what I would get, and actually may: Sanders Magtech.
You know re: the Magtech.... it reminds me a bit of the Sunfire I guess... I have heard real conflicting reports on it.... 1) the Magtech made my speakers come alive....bass was great... 2) I thought the Magtech was a bit thin sounding.... I have seen both of those comments multiple times on it... which I find odd...Maybe its a preamp matching issue.... and I have seen someone mention that Roger built his with 100K ohm impedance....to help match up with his tube pre.
They could both be right -- or neither -- since there's no reference! All we can say is that one amp has more bass than the other.
This is driving me crazy in my current amp comparison, an A-21 vs. a Benchmark AHB2. They both sound different -- but which, if either, is right? :-|
I've read many great reviews of the Magtech, though.
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