Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies?

Well,….

what did you get?

sanders Magtech!

all you need,.. will drive anything

there’s an article about two Sunfire 600’s driving,the,MBL Radiostrahler speakers, they worked fine he said, until he bought 2 Sanders Magtech o use in mono, those MBL snapped up and he said nothing has been able to drive those speakers the way the Magtechs did.

check it out, has the current you need for Maggie’s!

Following on a couple of postings here on class A and Classé (an intentional pun on an intentional pun by the original Canadian company), I'm using a vintage Classé DR-9 (David Reich's final design for the company) class-A amp with very few hours on it to drive my LRS. It delivers very good audio quality through those speakers and I'm pretty happy with the setup.

I was searching for 'Sander's and stumbled on this thread.

I own Magnepan 1.7i.  I don't own LRS, and I bet that they can benefit from $$$ upstream, too.

Amps I've used with the 1.7i - Pass Labs Aleph 30s, Crown K2, Integra Research RDA7, EVS 1200 by Ric Schultz, Sanders Magtech.  The Magtech seems to bring out more bass from Magnepans.  Depending on the size of your room, and listening level, you probably will not run into clipping with a Magtech. 

I believe Roger Sanders chose to use less speaker protection circuitry in the Magtech, which helps the sound quality.  It also has a fully regulated power supply, which helps the amp stay cooler than a class A solid state amp.  I found the Sanders sounded better plugged directly into a wall outlet vs. power supply conditioning.  (I own an Equi=Tech balanced power unit.)

Changing loudspeakers can be a big deal.  I upgraded my Maggie 1.7i with Mye stands, Cardas jumpers, and Cardas spade adapters.  Those 'tweaks' were less significant than trying tweeters inside vs. outside, and trying different speaker placement in the room.

I went back and forth reading about crossover mods, and Peter Gunn Magnestand models.  If I could audition 'gunned' Maggies locally, I would have given them a shot.

My opinion: See if you can wring out the best performance of your LRS before you move 'up' the Magnepan line.  A great amp for the LRS will still be a great amp for a different Magnepan model.

I used the Parasound A23 Halo with my 1.7 maggie’s And was blown away at how much power it it. More than enough power on tap. Bass sounded super clean, tight and controlled. I used an Aretha tube preamp. The newer A2+ has even more power than older one I used.

I used the Parasound A23 Halo with my 1.7 Maggie’s And was blown away at how much power it had. More than enough power on tap. Bass sounded super clean, tight and controlled. I used an Aretha tube preamp. The newer A23+ has even more power than older one I used. (Revised post). Site still has no feature to edit.