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conrad Johnson 350se and Magnepan 20 speaker

Was reaching out to see if anyone has had specific experience with the Conrad Johnson 350se amp and Magnepan 20.7 or prior 20's speaker.  To date my best experience has been with tube amps, where as sold state amps have tended to be somewhat thinner in the midrange.  
salc
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russ69
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I have some experience with C-J gear but not the C-J 350SE. However, I think there would be a good chance that amp would work very well with big Maggies. Reviews say it has a bit of C-J sound signature and that means it does sound less like dry solid state amps. I'd definitely try it. 
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stereo5
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Had a CJ MF2550 250wpc amp.  One of the worst sounding solid state amps I ever had in the living room.  The words slow, thick and syrupy comes to mind.  Love their tube gear, not so much their solid state. 
lectronjh50
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stereo5,
This is not the first time you are saying this, but... something must have been incompatible in your system. I have a CJ MF2550 and it does not sound like that. I use it with Klyne System 7 and NAT Plasma pre-amps and ProAc Response 3.8 speakers and I love it.
However, I don't know how it would sound with Magnepan 20.
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