Amplification Recommendations For Magnepan .7

I am a big Maggie fan too.  I have a pair of Maggie 20.1s.  I just significantly improved the sound of my system BY DISCONNECTING MY PREAMP!!  If you just listen to digital sources (DAC, CD player, Tidal, etc) then you don't need the additional amplification of a preamp.  A preamp could even hurt the sound your DAC is producing.  Save money by not getting a preamp, and get a passive preamp, or a DAC with volume controls.  A passive preamp is like a nice quality signal level attenuator.  It takes the signal from your DAC and attenuates it for your power amps.  Even better, a DAC with volume control will allow you to go directly from your DAC to your power amp(s).  I significantly improved the sound of my system by going directly from a Berkeley Alpha DAC (with volume control) into my Manley Neo Classic 250 amps.  It sounds amazing and saved me thousands on a preamp.  Take your time and do your research.  That's half the fun, for me anyways.

rvyne - +1   Yesterday i picked up an Apogee Duet 2 Audio interface . It is used by people who want to do mobile recording . Short summary it can be used for digital playback as a feature . Has a volume knob, USB 2 input , 24 bit DAC . And 1/4'' output . Price used $325 . It was very easy to install . All i needed to do was plug in the usb cable in my macmini and in my music program Audirvana select the audio device (which showed up without installing any drivers) .Sound is stellar . Anyone using these Audio interfaces ?

This is great everyone.  Thank you.

I am almost entirely wedded to the Bryston 4B-ST.  
Buying the Magnepan .7s and the Bryston amp won't leave me much left to handle the preamp or other device that fulfills that function. And a DAC.  And airplay.

Can you guys give me some advice on that combo:

1.  There is a Bryston regular version and a pro version.  I read that the difference is the appearance and the gain control on the pro version.  Is one model preferable to meet my needs?

2.  It sounds like I can get the preamp/dac/airport function down to a minimum cost.  I can spend down the pipe. I know that there are nice devices that fulfill these needed functions in some combo and left alone I would pick the wrong one(s).  


Thus, given the Bryston Amp being decided upon can I ask what you think would be the good budget choice options to complete my setup?

Drinks on me.

Adam

Kudos , you are starting where many end with the Bryston . You can always try different amps in the future . The pro model is a little more flexible with the gain setting . Studios use more than one pair of speakers when playing back music , hence the adjustable gain is nice since they are likely to use two or more different speakers with the amp . Either one will work . Did you ever tell us your source ?

@Maplegrovemusic 

Funny that you should mention the synergy between Bryston and Magnepan. I say that because – and I'm dating myself – one of my favorite systems that I ever developed featured an original Bryston 4B and first generation Magnepan Tympani speakers. Great combo!