Dear @georgehifi : The non-Evo Antileon even today is a good choice. I never herad the Evo but certainly is way $$$$$$ higher than the " old " Antileon.
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MBL 101 (~1990) - amp suggestions.
My buddy who loaned me his Sonus Faber Extremas for a year, went to the MBL 101 right after. We tried my Crown Studio Reference, which did well, but he had the Jadis JA 500 monoblocks, which were so incredible with the MBL 101s, I cried, listening to my vinyl of Santana’s " Europa ", from the Amigos album, on his mega buck phono playback rig. No drugs, no alcohol, just listening bliss. |
The non-Evo Antileon even today is a good choice.Yes all model Gryphon's are good. These MBL's are only "tested" at 81db!!!, so amp around 150w or more is needed. But also they have epdr resistance of around 2ohms in the low bass, and need an amp with BIG current to deal with this, if the owner of the speakers wants to get the very best out of the bass. Cheers George |
Looked up 'EPDR resistance' -- thanks for the tip! Stereophile has a good article in their archive, that clarifies a lot, among other things sets in perspective use of tubes (300B with a 6 Ohm tap really did not work too well, in 2 Ohm 'epdr' resistance they should not). Also explains why Aleph 4 was not happy, it can live with 4 Ohm, but not with 2 Ohm. So ML 23 is a decent match, and an amp doubling output down to 1 Ohm could be worth a try. Thinking of 'eprd', McIntosh with their autoformers are on to something. Gryphons seem rather costly. |
Dear @inneficient : The 20.6's double its power ( 100 watts at 8ohms. ) from 8ohms to 1 ohm, goes from 100 to 800w and 400 at 2ohms. Do it a favor and don't put in the signal " road " transformers7autoformers and the like: can't improve that music signal. This is other great alternative: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9cid4-spectral-dma-360-ref-solid-state R. |