Yysantabarbara, you're absolutely correct about the power requirement. I'm on it.
Onhwy6i, yes, that's easily done.
Inna, so you think I should stay with A/B's. OK, I'll look into them. I rarely except on occasion blast my music any more. Low to moderate listening levels prevail. Many years of complaints about volume modified my behavior in this regard. I'll look into listening to the Luxman's you suggest side by side with an integral phono stage compared to the Hegels with an outboard one, if at all possible. Thanks
Audioman, unfortunately I can only afford to lust over the Hegel H590's. As it is the H360 at $6000 exceeds my budget by $1000 but I'm willing to go with Alon Wolf's recommendation in order to ensure my Magico's are well matched to their amp.
Rbstehno, You're right, 30-60 watts won't get it for sure with the Magico's. Thanks for sharing your DAC experience. I'll be trying inna's suggested higher powered Luxman A/B models.
2psyop. appreciate your explanations on ohms and power requirements, including what speaker sensitivity entails. Researching on the internet can be confusing. For instance I read the the Magico A3 was a 4 ohm speaker and the next article described it as an 8 ohm type. This is confusing to someone who has just enough knowledge to be dangerous.
Builder3, thanks for the clarification on specs on the Luxman L-590AX.
Assetmgrsc, I should get subscriptions to Stereophile and Absolute Sound. I have a card for a discounted Stereo Review subcription laying around here somewhere. I used to subscribe to Stereo Review, Hi-Fidelity and Audio years back and always enjoyed them in spite of much of the technical talk going over my head. Those subscriptions were in the pre-internet era. Now you can seek out explanations of the technical terms on line, like I'm doing here right now.
I only threw out piles of those three old mags last year. It would be fun to start new piles. Glad you mentioned it. Thanks for your other advice too.
Ieales, I was thinking, like you, that replacing my current separates with an integrated amp would eliminate some unnecessary and unnecessarily expensive cabling. Possibly having to add an external phono stage will return me to square one however. Nothing good ever comes easy.
Your'e Great Grandma's saying about the Irish is a scream. Being an O'Neill I should know, and am still laughing. Good one.
Your explanation about impedance fried a couple of my internal circuit breakers. You are obviously well versed in these subjects. I am barely self taught.
Good advice on building a system. That's why I'm willing to dole out the extra cash on Alon Wolf's say so, since since my Magico A3's are his speakers and he should know what matches them well. I don't presume to.
Thank you for the good word on my Marantz 8005 CD player. I did do a fair amount of research on that one before purchase. I'll check your link on power supply Z linearity too, although it's likely to cause further brain circuitry overload and damage, which I can ill afford. Take it easy now. Maybe I'll watch the Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Netflix later.
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Terry9. I've a lot to learn about cabling. My old system is wired with zip (lamp) cord as most of us did in days of yore. It galls me what they can charge for a wire. I really have to stop whining.
Do you like your Ultrasonic? I've done a little reading on record cleaners such as the VPI models and others. A record cleaner is in the queue for acquisition after a phono stage and cables. Fortunately, I still have my old Zerostat anti-static gun to use along with a record cleaning machine, I'll be breaking it out again after thirty years of disuse, sitting in a drawer. I've even considering getting my old Burwen TNE 7000 Transient Noise (pop & click) Eliminator up and running again. No stopping me now.
After buying $10,000 speakers, now you're recommending I go cheap? You're inspiring me to throw bricks in your direction like Krazy Kat used to do. Take care now Terry.
Mike
