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I'm wondering whether my aging but trusty Arcam A85 integrated amp is up to the task of driving Maggies, specifically the LRS. Specs in the manual list power at 85 watts into 8 ohms continuous power, both channels driven. It's 140 watts into 4 ohms, one channel driven. But here's what Stereophile's John Atkinson found in his review several years ago:
"Fig.7 shows how the A85's distortion rises with output power under continuous drive with both channels driven. The nominal clipping point (1% THD+N) is quite a bit higher than specified, at 120W into 8 ohms (20.8dBW) and 200W into 4 ohms (23dBW). However, into 2 ohms with one channel driven...the A85 turned itself off at 200W output." (See link.)
According to his findings, it seems to me the amp would be up to the task, but I'm hoping some of you more experienced Maggie vets could confirm or deny that. THANK YOU.
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Topic - Is my amp up to driving Maggies? - hesson11 10:40:54 09/03/21 (12)
- RE: Is my amp up to driving Maggies? - triamp 19:46:34 09/15/21 (0)
- RE: Is my amp up to driving Maggies? - pictureguy 14:30:39 09/15/21 (0)
- yup - farfetched 09:29:53 09/05/21 (2)
- Thank you, everyone - hesson11 12:41:18 09/04/21 (0)
- My experiences driving LRSes - Mike K 11:20:30 09/04/21 (0)
- RE: Is my amp up to driving Maggies? - FX35 10:47:51 09/04/21 (0)
- RE: Is my amp up to driving Maggies? - Joe Schmo 08:01:14 09/04/21 (0)
- if you keep it within reason - mbnx01 15:46:11 09/03/21 (0)
- RE: Is my amp up to driving Maggies? - G Squared 12:33:15 09/03/21 (1)
- Thank you, and I should add... - hesson11 15:40:04 09/03/21 (0)
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