Suggestions for 220v amp

Maggies like lots of power. Forget the Cyrus, Creek and YBAs. Man, I can't beleive the recommendations for these amps to match with the Maggies. I don't think the guys who had recommended those amps could have listened to the Maggies with them. Audition the McIntosh 6500, 6900, as well as the Bryston seperates. The Bryston 3B and the 4B SST models are power houses. These should be available in 220V in Europe. Your best bet for European high power amplifiers are the Meridian 559, 557 and the 556. No comparison in their driving capabilitis to those of the Creek, Cyrus or YBAs, particularly for the Maggies. The Meridians will also be on par with the Krell seperates in performance. Hope you will have a great experience auditioning these amplifiers.

Av_specialist ... the Cyrus amps have considerable current and voltage driving capability when the PSX power supply is added. I'd be really surprised if they are underpowered.
They also make monoblocks now which could never be called underpowered.

I suggested them because they're a great buy in Europe. Meridian might make good gear, but it's terribly expensive for what you get, IMHO

Actually the Maggies are very inefficient but very much just a resistive load and are not reactive as a load. They don't necessarily need super high current. The PSX provides higher current but not much more in voltage gain. The amplifiers I had mentioned would all have higher voltage output and are stable at 4 ohms.

Nathan

I'm also looking for a 220V poweramp for my use in India. Bryston will modify their US amps for a nominal price, so you could consider that option, as I am. I would think that many other will do the same thing. Audio by Van Alstine(www.avahifi.com) offers tha 20V option on their amps for an additional $55. There are a few, very few amps that come with a universal transformer suitable for both 220 and 110V.

Hope this helps.

George

Re: Spectral Power amps. for 220volts. Mine is 120v and I need to learn if they use double wound transformers or have a switch for European use. And if so can the change be done in the field?

(Will phone Spectral too).