Tubes for Magnepan’s.
william53b "Because tubes drive speakers so much more efficiently than solid state" That is completely wrong, false, and mistaken you do not understand efficiency at all in fact it is most likely and common that a tube amplifier will be less efficient that a solid state amplifier. |
I have Magneplanar 1.7's and power them with a Jolida 502 P with KT 150 tubes. This is a 60ish watt per channel amp and I find no problem at my normal listening levels (70- 75 db with peaks up to 90 db or so according to my radio shack db meter) I also have a Conrad Johnson MF 2300 amp (240 watts into 8 ohms, tested at 400 watts into 4 ohms). Of course, the CJ will play louder but I find the Jolida very satisfactory at the loudness I like and with the music I listen to mostly - Jazz, classical, earlier rock and such. Room size is 14X24 and I sit about 10 ft from the speakers. The speakers are run full range with a sub set at a very low level for bass augmentation only. |
I think I'm just admitting at this late stage in life that no 1 thing will ever satisfy, so the Maggie’s are for Jazz and Classical and the Zu Dirty Weekends will be for head banging rock. For a hi current amp I’m thinking of a Parasound or Hegel. And if Russ is right, I may not need a tube amp, just a tube pre. It's not just the sound, it's the playing around with all of it. If the Zu's don’t work out, I may go in the direction of the Klipsh Heritage line for Rock. |
