100w tube vs ss for Mag 3.6s

STOP! I've owned the 3.6s. I'm only going to tell you this once. Buy an Sim Audio Moon W-5. I've owned and tried MANY amps and the W-5 is THE amp for the Maggies. I could go on and on, but a 100 watt tube amp (like the ARC VT-100 and the Power 2, both of which I've owned), will not provide the current to produce the bass you will want.

If cash is not an option, use the tube amp on the mids/highs and use a high current SS amp on the bass in a bi-amping configuration. That would be the best bar none.

I use the ARC 100.2 with my Maggie 1.6's and find the combination to be amazing. The 100.2 replaced my Ayre V3 of which I never thought would happen! The 100.2 with a good tube pre (I use the Audible Illusions M3A) will give you all the authority you are looking for coupled with a liquid and smooth midrange. No listener fatigue here...Set yourself up with a good analog front end and some good cables and you can forget about everything else and just enjoy your music collection. All the best-Gary

Would you mind being more specific about the amps you tried that the W-5 killed with the Mag 3.6s? I'm interested.

Buy the Innersound amp or The Moon W-5 as suggested above.

I agree with Scubadaddy123 (maybe it's because we're both divers). I have Maggie 1.6s in a second system. They need current and bottom end control that you won't find with tubes. I'm a tube guy, by the way. These are just very demanding speakers. Magnepan's designer uses Bryston amps. A friend of mine used 7Bst monos with his Maggies, and thought it was too aggressive. That's why the Moon W5 works so well. Read the Stereophile review of it. They also recommend the Moon with Maggies.