Maggie 1.6's and Power. How much is enough?

It should do ok but I have a feeling what ever your using for a center channel is going to JUMP out at you, make it presence very appearent, thus making smooth pans from left to right virtually impossible. Of course more power wouldn't be a problem at all, if you can get a good deal then go for it, try them, if nothing else you could sell them and make some good ole american green.

Tim

I had a pair of 1.6's, and they LOVE power. The most noticable improvement with more power is deeper and tighter bass. (That's why Maggies have a bum rap of being weak in the bass region!) Does this receiver give 120 watt per channel with ALL channels driven? Is this rating for 8 ohm speakers or 4 ohm speakers? (The Maggies are 4 ohms, but that's almost a resistive load). Is this amp happy driving a 4 ohm load? Make sure that it is, even though the specs may say so, some amps heat up like a frying pan, and lose bass tightness when trying to do so. Some thing to consider. Happy Tunes!

That should do it, but the Maggies LOVE current. It doesn't seem as if you can have enough power for these things. I tried a Pass X250 and when the bass notes came on heavy it pegged the current meter on the front of the thing. I used to have a pair of VTL MB250's and the speakers went loud and sounded like they could take more. I now have a mosfet power amp at 200WPC that has beer can capacitors with a total of 360,000mfd. The amp has LED V.U. meters and the amp clips at loud volume. Mind you, not head-banger loud, but it could use more. Do yourself a favor and try a high power amp, both tube and S.S. and see what they do.