Is a Bryston 3B SST2 enough for Magnepan 3.7i or 20.7?

@maplegrovemusic

I feel you are not understanding at all what I’m saying. I’ll try to be more clear:

1) If you listen to music at soft levels, you aren’t using as many watts. This should be common sense.

2) If you aren’t using a lot of watts, you don’t need a lot of watts.

3) A SS 100W amp and a SS 200W amp will have the same amount of bass if outputting 100W or less (assuming all else is equal).

Your point of Maggie’s being one of the hardest to drive speakers has nothing to do with anything I’ve said regarding the rebuttal to your claim that a more power amp has more bass at low wattage than a less powerful amp. I’ve pressed you for an explanation for your claim, and you continually deny to give one.

I agree with Elizabeth and Almarg.

I spent all my loot on Tympani 1a's back in the day, and got by with lesser amps for years. It was a very good decision. 20.7's all the way!

I would argue against Elizabeth for one of the first times in my postings.  Moving up in power made my 3.6s much more revealing from an amp with half the power.

That is at all levels to my ears.   150 into 8 and 300 into 4 soes not so them justice, even at lower levels.

You Can enjoy the Maggies with less power, no question.   But IMHO they bloom at all levels with a bigger amp.

Just one old guys view