The holographic sound you referred to is from the driver tubes in the amp. I am very familiar with the characteristic. Unfortunately that is actually a non linearity from internal resonances in the driver tubes. You can actually kill a lot of that characteristic if you want by experimenting with different driver tubes. The highly sought after 0TK tubes from the early 1990s will not exhibit that characteristic much yet they are a faster and clearer sound which I prefer in my gear.
I have had direct experience with the Maggie as well as my apogee divas. Both want more power always and more is really never enough to get the snap that less hungry speakers have. My friend here in Vegas has the 1200 watt mackintosh monos on his Maggie’s and it just is not enough to let them break free. That is the most powerful amp I have heard on the 3.6r and while not being enough power it also doesn’t have the magic. I cannot think of any amplifier that has the power and magic that you want. All of the amplifiers that are being mentioned are going to be more linear/flatter although they still sound wonderful.
ARC amps started getting my attention when they came out with the Classic series in the 90’s and while the 240 had that characteristic the amp that had it the most was the 30 watt one. That was just magic but not a ton of power at all. It’s amazing that the 610t even exists to tell you the truth and you are just not going to find what you want for those speakers in a high power offering with more juice than the 610.
Planar magnetic/ribbon speakers with neodymium magnets are your answer. The sensitivity is just about triple and you get everything you want from it with a lot less power which opens up a whole host of amplifiers. Unfortunately there’s only a few fringe manufacturers offering those. Graz in Australia of Apogee fame offers that as well as a few European ribbon manufacturers but all are multitudes more than the relatively low cost of Maggie’s.
I can tell you this, you will spend a ton of money looking for the magic amplifier and will not find it. But the same amount of money that the big Pass or Dart Will cost would be better spent on a higher effiency panel design. There’s just never enough power for the Maggie as long as they are using ceramic magnets.
I have had direct experience with the Maggie as well as my apogee divas. Both want more power always and more is really never enough to get the snap that less hungry speakers have. My friend here in Vegas has the 1200 watt mackintosh monos on his Maggie’s and it just is not enough to let them break free. That is the most powerful amp I have heard on the 3.6r and while not being enough power it also doesn’t have the magic. I cannot think of any amplifier that has the power and magic that you want. All of the amplifiers that are being mentioned are going to be more linear/flatter although they still sound wonderful.
ARC amps started getting my attention when they came out with the Classic series in the 90’s and while the 240 had that characteristic the amp that had it the most was the 30 watt one. That was just magic but not a ton of power at all. It’s amazing that the 610t even exists to tell you the truth and you are just not going to find what you want for those speakers in a high power offering with more juice than the 610.
Planar magnetic/ribbon speakers with neodymium magnets are your answer. The sensitivity is just about triple and you get everything you want from it with a lot less power which opens up a whole host of amplifiers. Unfortunately there’s only a few fringe manufacturers offering those. Graz in Australia of Apogee fame offers that as well as a few European ribbon manufacturers but all are multitudes more than the relatively low cost of Maggie’s.
I can tell you this, you will spend a ton of money looking for the magic amplifier and will not find it. But the same amount of money that the big Pass or Dart Will cost would be better spent on a higher effiency panel design. There’s just never enough power for the Maggie as long as they are using ceramic magnets.
