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One thing which keeps folks from buying Maggies is the concern about the cost of electronics to drive them. I am lucky that I have great amps including Emotiva and vintage McIntosh for mine.I recently built a pair of subs for my HT system and was shopping around for amps to drive them. I found some 1 kw class D mono blocks on AliExpress. They are ~$450 a pair delivered.
After I par boil them for a few days (break them in), as an experiment, I'm going to test them on 3 pair of demanding speakers I currently have in my 2 channel room;
Carver ALS Platinum
ET LFT 8b
Magnepan .7I will A/B/C them against McIntosh 2105 and NAD 2200 PE which are both IMO, overachieving 100 WPC stereo amps. I will provide my thoughts, but I am not an audiophile & I certainly don't have the flowery phrases like "notes of chocolate" in my audio lexicon.
Anyone in the S Florida area who wishes to help in this endeavor is welcome.
Edits: 10/23/24Follow Ups:
Are you going to level match and do the listening unsighted?
Certainly level match. I typically do this playing pink noise to a specific DB level around 75 DB.
When doing this by yourself blind testing is a bit of a challenge.
I will A/B/C them against McIntosh 2105 and NAD 2200 PE which are both IMO, overachieving 100 WPC stereo amps.but real improvements in audible quality with SS amps have occurred since 1967 and 1985, respectively. The cost of really good is amazingly low today.
No "flowery phrases" required. Better amps provide improved transparency revealing musical detail you've never heard in familiar content, larger apparent stage width along with wider dynamics (especially at the PPP end of the scale) in my experience. Just tell us about any changes you hear listening to your favorite music.
Good luck on your comparisons!
Edits: 10/24/24
"The cost of really good is amazingly low today."Since my "real" power amp is acting up I'm listening to a damn Fosi V3 using my BAT preamp.
30 years ago I didn't even look at things under $1000 because why spend and gamble on a so-called hidden gem?
Yeehaw!
/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
Edits: 11/01/24
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