laid back stereo power amp


Looking for a laid back "forgiving" stereo power amp to drive Maggie 1.7i s through a Van Alstine Transcendence 10 tube preamp. thanks.
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+1 for Sanders Magtech. Sounds excellent with my 1.7i’s. They have a 30 day free in-home trial.

Oh yeah, the Magtech would be great with the 1.7i. But a $6,000 amp on $2200/pr loudspeakers?!

That’s the thing about Maggies: they are bargain priced, but that price is mitigated by the fact that they greatly benefit (some might say require) a fairly serious chunk-o-change investment in amplification for them. Still, if one has $6000 to spend, and likes the 1.7i enough to justify the expenditure, wny not? The low price of the 1.7i can be deceiving: it's sound quality far exceeds what one expects at it's price.

The same is true of the Eminent Technology LFT-8b, which retails for $2499. I guess I shouldn't talk: I use an $8,000 power amp with them, though I bought it used for far less.

i do not agree with auxinput’s characterization of odyssey amps being bright

compared to an audio research tube amp of course it is bright, but compared to other solid state amps the odyssey/symphonic line sound is smooth and silky up top, grainless mids and strong grip deep bass - of course with any good solid state amp you can excite the treble with a poor sounding source or poor cabling

audio research tube amps are great with magnepans but you need quite an expensive one to properly drive maggies to satisfying volume levels and get half way decent bass response
I've owned four different Odyssey amp models over the last 20+ years and wonder if he has actually ever heard one.  Audio Research are anything but warm and fuzzy tube amps and the Odyssey amps would even be smoother than many of them. 
A little known secret is Maggies require far less power when they're high-passed with an active 4th-order filter. This allows you to use almost any amp you desire over 40 WPC or so. An Active high-pass like the Marchand XM66 is much easier on the wallet than a $6000 Magtech. 

AVA gear is a great value though and I suspect you'll be very happy with the SET400. Frank is also a class act all the way.