Recommendation for used Amp to power Magnepan 1.6


I am searching for a used Solid state amp to drive my Magnepan 1.6 speakers. The amp will be paired with 20 year old Sonic Frontiers tube pre-amp. Have been using 40 w tube amps. Want to keep the price below $1000.00. I am considering a Belles 150a Hot Rod amp. Not sure if it has the power to drive my 86 dB maggies.

I would appreciate any feed back.

sml19
If you can find the old PS Audio 200C in good working order, it puts out 200w/ch at 8 ohms, 400 at 4. I've seen them go for around $400. Check the power supply capacitors!
@Ihassaguy is correct.  High current and a quality item is best.  With Maggies, you only hear what you put in, so what you hear is whatever the designer of the amp wanted to feature.

Cheers,

Richard
I run my 1.7i’s with an old Anthem MCA 20. Great sounding amp and you can find one for well under your budget. 

Best
Re birdfan: I do too.... the Anthem MCA 20 is an excellent choice to drive the 1.7i.
I have the Maggie 1.7QR's driven with a Parasound Halo A-21.  It is a wonderful combination.  It may be a few hundred outside your range, but worth every penny IMHO.  Being a class A/AB amp it runs warm, but never hot, and has all the gusto and clarity of the bigger money amps, your results may vary.