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Integrated Amp to match with Magico A3

Have just ordered a pair of Magico A3, and looking for integrated amplifier to pair with it. As I heard once which had a very disappointing result to pair with Gryphon 300 in a local Hifi show in Hong Kong. Reallly looking for recommendations on matching amplifier. Planned to get a Marantz PM-10, but worried that the single box may not be powerful enough to push the A3. On the other side, some said Hegel H360 with 4000+ damping factor may suit even better.

thank you in advance
eldonfung
kw6
692 posts
 
Sinewareon is correct in a dealer showroom with over 10 ft ceilings and like 17 x 23 room avg watts is 6 on Sonus Faber speakers.
sinewaveron
23 posts
 
Thanks @ kw6
Yes 6 WATTS.
I used to own a pair of Sonus Faber Guarneri Mementos speakers. There measured sensitivity were 87db, and I drove them with a Krell amp. To me they seemed like a 86db speaker, hard to drive.
The new Magico A3’s seem pretty easy to drive, and I think there measured sensitivity is just under 88db. Not hard to drive at all. Actually, l find mine easy to drive loud. The new Magico A3’s are a very good
speaker. Love Them.
SILTECH




mheinze
105 posts
 
I have the A3 in my system for about a week now. I am playing it with the Pass INT-250.  A big WOW!!
satbox
3 posts
 
I also own the Magico A3s driven by an Hegel 360 and I’m really enjoying this combination.

I also had the opportunity to hear the A3s driven by the new Soulution 330 integrated amp: very very good match with the A3s!!!


rhg88
45 posts
 
Folks, I'm finally getting my pair of Magico A3s delivered to my home this Monday (Labor Day). I am planning to follow David_Ten's advise and test several amplifiers at home. I have a Marantz AV8805 and a NAD M27, so I will be initially driving the Magico A3s with the the AV8805 and the M27. My sound system is also used as a surround system for watching TV and movies.

Most of the discussions so far have centered on integrated amps. Given that I have the Marantz AV8805, I think that it makes sense for me to use a regular amp, rather than an integrated amp, to drive the A3s. I welcome suggestions that won't break the bank. I have a friend who has many different tube amps (including vintage ones), so I will ask him to lend me some of them, to evaluate how they sound with the A3s. 

I have to confess that when I was auditing the A3s at the store, I did a fairly extensive A/B comparison between my NAD M27 and a SPL s800  2 channel amp, both driven by a Marantz AV7704, and I could not discern that much of a difference between them. This tends to lend credence to the axiom that "an ideal amplifier should act as a pure gain." Thus, as long as both amps are operating within their specified ranges, ideally, there should be little differences between them. 
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