Amplifier recommendation for Legacy Focus 20/20


I am in need of your expert advise... I'm presently using Conrad johnson PV12L preamp with CJ MF 2200 amp to drive my newly acquired Focus 20/20.
Would the mcintosh mc275 be a good choice for these speakers?
Also looking at the Legacy coda mono-blocs
I know these are totally different amps.
Suggestions,ideas, recommendations???
thanks
flyfisher
A Sunfire Signature is a worthy amp to consider for these speakers. It is very high in current capacity, can drive any load that you throw at it and offers the versatility of two slightly different sounds via the voltage and current taps. One can use the voltage taps to feed the woofers and the current to feed the tweeters. This approach maintains excellent woofer control and at the same time, slightly softens the top end of these somewhat bright sounding speakers. The fact that these amps are still in production by a company that isn't in any type of financial woes, along with the fact that they can be found on the used market, should help ease your conscience. The fact that they can be run in single ended ( RCA ) or balanced ( XLR ) mode also adds to their versatility. As a side note, i think that they work much better in balanced mode and would recommend using them in that manner.

Depending on what you want to do, you could go with a Sunfire Signature, which is a two channel amp. It is rated at 600 @ 8, 1200 @ 4 and 2400 @ 2. Another option would be to go with the Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature, which is a five channel amp. Power ratings for this amp is 400 x 5 @ 8 ohms, 800 x 5 @ 4 ohms, etc... Using this amp, you could bi-amp with four of the five channels. This would give you 1600 wpc @ the nominal 4 ohm impedance of these speakers, which they can really use. On top of that, the sound should be even better as you've separated the demands of the woofer channels from the demands of the mids and treble. With the multitude of drivers that these speakers have, this is sure to be of benefit. You would also only be running four of the five channels of the amp, which would result in a stiffer power supply under even the worst of conditions.

As a side note, we've tried quite a few amps with my Dad's Legacy's and found the Sunfire's to work very well with them. Combined with Goertz MI-2 Veracity speaker cabling, he told me that he's never had a system that sounded this good before.

One word of advice regarding this and the other amps mentioned. You will need AT LEAST a good 20 amp AC feed just for the amplifier IF you want to obtain good results. You can't expect to produce high power with gobs of current if the amp isn't fed what it needs to do the job. The fact that the Sunfire is capable of delivering as much if not more power than any of the aforementioned amps while generating a small percentage of the heat may also be of interest to you. Sean
Gentlemen I thank you for tons of information...I am somewhat overwhelmed at this point but I will try to absorb and Apply this acquired knowledge to my purchase. Again thanks too all. Particularly to Sean who gave me positive and objective info on a speaker that I know you are less than fond of ( I have been reading your old threads). I 'll be back with my results , if anyone should come across something that would be right for my needs please contact me.
John,thanks for reearching the for sale amps... Greatly appreciated and I am doing my homework.

Best regards
Dan
I don't know off hand where you could find one, but I've seen several on Audiogon in the last couple of years. If one becomes available, jump on it, even if it has issues, Krell will put it right without charging an arm and a leg. You'll have a classic that probably can't be bettered easily without spending lots of $$$$!
Well, from what i can gather, Dan has purchased a Pass X250 amp. How do you like that combo, Dan? Sean
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