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In Reply to: RE: Thoughts on Sanders Magtech posted by bufalloattic on September 07, 2020 at 13:32:07
I have owned a Magtech amp for approximately 15 months and use it to power my Magnepan 1.7i speakers.My experience has been very positive. It has no problems driving the speakers and remains cool to the touch unless I really turn up the volume.
I purchased my Magtech used on eBay and sent it to Sanders Sound Systems to have it evaluated and upgraded to current specifications. The people at Sanders were great to work with and they did the upgrade in two days time. The cost of the upgrade was very reasonable.
They even gave me a lifetime warranty on the amp now that it is upgraded to current specs.
I have not owned many amplifiers, so I can't provide much in the way of comparison. I initially had a Mcintosh MC2250 and that amp would not drive the magnepans sufficiently.
After doing some research, I narrowed down my choices for a new amp to Magtech, Bryston or Parasound amps with at least 500 watts into 4 ohms. Luckily the Magtech came up for sale quickly. I don't see them too often on eBay, but there was one last week that was snapped up in less than 4 hours.
The Sanders Sound System website has a number of excellent white paper reports and links to reviews of their products that you may find interesting.
Edits: 09/07/20Follow Ups:
I wasn't aware they had "upgrades".
What did you have "upgraded" on the amp ?
I had read that some Magtech amps had a part that was bad from the supplier and the amps with this part would get very hot.Since I bought the amp from eBay, and there was no history to be found, I wanted to be sure that it didn't have the bad part.
So I called Sanders and asked them to look at the pictures of the inside of the amp that were provided in the auction.
Roger Sanders' wife answered the phone immediately, looked up the auction while I was on the phone with her and both she and a technician looked it over. They couldn't tell from the pictures, but offered to inspect the amp for $50 (if I recall correctly).
I purchased the amp (it included a 30 day return period) had it shipped directly to Sanders.
The technician at Sanders looked it over and reported that it was an early model, and it did not contain the bad part. He offered to bring it up to "current specifications" for an additional $450 plus $75 dollars for their shipping crate, as the one provided by the seller was not suitable. The update came with a lifetime warranty.
I gladly paid the money and had the amp in my hands within one week of it arriving at Sanders. Total cost including purchase of the amp was $3600 - quite a deal in my estimation!
I didn't ask what was changed to bring it up to current specs, as I wouldn't have understood any of those technical details anyway.
I was really impressed with how cooperative and helpful everyone that I encountered at Sanders turned out to be. I can't recommend them highly enough.
Edits: 09/07/20
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