In case you haven't seen the new Maggie?

Is this the same setup they had for the 2008 CES? If so I can remember hearing it with my wife and honestly we thought it was one of the best sounds at the show.
This system with chorale music was astounding and I believe that the Bryston went a long way to help.
I haven't heard those amps since then until today on the Gallo Ref 5's and again what superb sound. Kudos to amp and speaker in both presentations...

Assuming these require lots of power to sound good, which is my current understanding, Class D amps may be a natural mate with these for those that are cost/size/power/space conscious.

Mapman is on track here. Power is definitely a concern these days. See my earlier thread titled "How's Your Power Bill" under Misc. forums. Unfortunately it denigrated into a slugfest between certain Liberals and Conservatives. The recommendation was made in that thread also that Class D amps would be a wise choice since they are more conservative in their power consumption as compared to the Class A power hungry Krells.

"See my earlier thread titled "How's Your Power Bill" under Misc. forums. Unfortunately it denigrated into a slugfest between certain Liberals and Conservatives."

Gotta fess up that I was kind of an instigator in that "slugfest" when I said:

"At the risk of sounding "smug", Class D amps are the equivalent of hybrid or even electric cars in terms of energy consumption. Similarly spec'ed and much larger Class A amps are like Hummers!"

Then I made things sort of worse by joking about my impressions of Barack Obama's audio preferences.

Sorry. Won't do that again!

As an audio freak, I did find it way more entertaining than your typical fare on Fox News or CCN though, I must admit!

Anyone who starts going on and on about politics here will surely regret it!

Right! Now back to the discussion at hand regarding the new Maggies.........

Mapman: to the contrary, your comments comparing Class D and Class A amps to specific cars was pretty witty and valid. I did laugh at your "audio preference" comments.

A few others demonstrated a complete lack of class.

I'd love to try out those new maggies but times are tough (for me) and getting the speakers is only the beginning! If it was affordable, I would get a pair of Krell 750's (those Hummers can really drive the 20.1s) and put the current fpb 350's on the smaller, new Maggie product.

Is anyone currently using the new Maggies? Powered with what?