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What amplifier for Magneplanar MG3 for less than ?

I am searching for the right amp to give me excellent staging. I listen mainly to jazz, classical and some popular music at moderate to low volumes. I am currently using a Bryston 4B. I have a YS Audio Symphonies + preamplifier and a YS Audio Concerto line amp. I have an Oracle Premier with a Rega 600 tone arm and a Grado Sonata Reference Cartridge. I also have a Meridian 507 CD player and silver wire interconnects. There are so many amplifiers to chose from and I would like to spend $3K or less.
peter45
jvogt
212 posts
 
Get a used Levinson 23.5 which can be had for $2500
or thereabouts. Built like a brick commode house,
excellent imaging and soundstaging, solid bass, runs
cool. I used the preceeding model 23 with MG-IIIa's
and it was a wonderful match. The 27.5 is a good alternate
choice with similar sound but lower power output.
gmood1
1,251 posts
 
How about a used Spectron Musician II. This should do the trick . Or maybe a New Carver ZR series digital amplifier..then you can take the rest of the money you saved and spend it on other audio toys.

Good Luck!
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Gmood1...Thanks for doing the ZR comment. I was beginning to sound like a broken record.
peter45 OP
3 posts
 
Thank you for your help. Peter
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