@bdp24
Thank you for your reply. Roger commented on your reply, but my question remains somewhat unanswered. Your advice, which is common (though not universal), is why I’ve never tried a 25-50 w/ch “quality” tube amp. I’d love to be able to try some amps at home, but the few dealers within reasonable distance don’t have much to choose from. One guy carries Line Magnetic, but I’m not interested in buying one of those, and don’t want to try something I’m not planning to buy, just to see if it has enough power. I’ve had five different pair of Maggies in the past 32 years, among other types of speakers. I always end up going back to them after trying something different. I don’t listen very loudly, and I don’t feel like I’m using anywhere near 200 watts per speaker, so I asked a tube amp designer what he thought would be an appropriate power output for my speakers. I have a Dynaco st 70 in my weight room system, but it isn’t a “high end” amp, so I’ve never used it in the main system, as I don’t think it would represent what a really good amp could do. I had a VAC 100 w/ch amp in the past. It was plenty powerful, but ended up losing out to a Krell KSA 250 (purely on sound quality) when I was able to do a side by side comparison. I also had CJ Premier 5’s, but they’re very powerful, so not what we’re talking about here, and ultimately proved problematic, so I replaced them with the hotrodded CJ Evolution 2000 tube input/mosfet output amp I have now. I do know that in the late 80’s/early 90’s, iirc, Magnepan had a 1960’s tube integrated playing into their speakers in their lobby... I think it was a Scott, @ 20 w/ch. I’m sure it was played at a very low level. Roger’s RM 10 looks interesting to me, as does the Decware Torii Mk IV. From an electrical stand point, would these drive MG 1.7i speakers playing music at 80-85 dB ? That’s what I’d like to know before I buy something without the benefit of hearing it first.
Thank you for your reply. Roger commented on your reply, but my question remains somewhat unanswered. Your advice, which is common (though not universal), is why I’ve never tried a 25-50 w/ch “quality” tube amp. I’d love to be able to try some amps at home, but the few dealers within reasonable distance don’t have much to choose from. One guy carries Line Magnetic, but I’m not interested in buying one of those, and don’t want to try something I’m not planning to buy, just to see if it has enough power. I’ve had five different pair of Maggies in the past 32 years, among other types of speakers. I always end up going back to them after trying something different. I don’t listen very loudly, and I don’t feel like I’m using anywhere near 200 watts per speaker, so I asked a tube amp designer what he thought would be an appropriate power output for my speakers. I have a Dynaco st 70 in my weight room system, but it isn’t a “high end” amp, so I’ve never used it in the main system, as I don’t think it would represent what a really good amp could do. I had a VAC 100 w/ch amp in the past. It was plenty powerful, but ended up losing out to a Krell KSA 250 (purely on sound quality) when I was able to do a side by side comparison. I also had CJ Premier 5’s, but they’re very powerful, so not what we’re talking about here, and ultimately proved problematic, so I replaced them with the hotrodded CJ Evolution 2000 tube input/mosfet output amp I have now. I do know that in the late 80’s/early 90’s, iirc, Magnepan had a 1960’s tube integrated playing into their speakers in their lobby... I think it was a Scott, @ 20 w/ch. I’m sure it was played at a very low level. Roger’s RM 10 looks interesting to me, as does the Decware Torii Mk IV. From an electrical stand point, would these drive MG 1.7i speakers playing music at 80-85 dB ? That’s what I’d like to know before I buy something without the benefit of hearing it first.