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In Reply to: Least amount of power in to Magnepans posted by LineSource on August 5, 2020 at 10:58:03:
After many years of taking a break from audiophile grade equipment and just using mass market gear, I purchased my Magnepan 1.6s in 2002. I used a mass market 35 wpc Kenwood receiver to drive them at first and it was awful. I did this knowing it was temporary. The receiver didn't sound all that bad driving a set of Infinity bookshelf speakers, but the Maggies strangled it. A friend had an Arcam A85 integrated amp he was selling (85wpc) so I bought it. It was a huge improvement and I figured that was going to do it for awhile ...., that is until that same friend brought by his Krell FBP-200 (200wpc and doubling in power down to 2 ohms) for the afternoon. Wow! That amp never left and it's still here! I know none of these are apples to apples comparisons, but the obvious difference in the growling foundation of the bottom end and forceful, dynamic slam that became more apparent from each larger successive amp tested in my system I would attribute mostly to the ability of each of the respective larger amps to deliver sheer undistorted power.
-Joe
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