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SEEKING AN AMPLIFIER THAT MATES WELL WITH MARTIN LOGAN 11 A IMPRESSIONS

Room is 18' long by 11 foot wide with 8 foot ceilings and light drapes on order for rear wall. I sit about 10 feet from the speakers.

Current Equipment: 1. Martin Logan 11A 4 feet from rear wall and 16 inches from side wall. Set up by dealer using Anthem to maximize the internal woofers.

2. Cary Audio 306/200 as a transport with Chord Qutest DAC

3. Conrad Johnson tube power amp classic 62   65 watts per channel

which replaced Rogue Audio Atlas Magnum II 100 watts/channel-CJ sounds better.

4. Rogue Audio Preamp RP-1

Not happy with the sound, speakers sound anemic to me. I was thinking that a more powerful amp would bring the speakers to life. I realize that the woofers have a built in 375 watt amp.  In short, what amp would work better than my current set up? I'm assuming a better match of amplifier would improve the overall sound. 

Thank you. 

 

 

 

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russ69
3,523 posts
 

Magtech works well, better than most.

hifiguy42
209 posts
 

My main system speakers are Impressions.  I use a Classe CA-D200 (class D, 200wpc/8Ω amp paired with an ARC LS7 (tube) preamp and I've never had the urge to change either. The CA-D200 provides excellent bass control, silky midrange, and effortless high frequencies. 

I do highly recommend taking your time with speaker placement, use songs that you love and know by heart - it's time consuming but should be fun! For reference, my room is 13.5 wide by 25 feet deep with an 8 foot ceiling. My speaker placement is (center of front of speaker) 5 feet from the front wall and a 3.5 feet from the side walls.  I sit about 8 feet from the rear wall of the room.

erik_squires
16,346 posts
 

Look at the AM Acoustics room mode simulator. Try to keep your speakers and listening locations out of the lowest room modes.

While I’m a big fan of Luxman, the uber ESL amp is a Sanders Magtech. Definitely the opposite of anemic with ESLs.

PS - Huge fan of CJ pres and amps but have never seen a CJ amp do well with an ESL.  Typically keeping a tube pre and solid state amp is the starting recipe for a great ESL experience, though there are exceptions and people who will naysay this, but most people who try this out are happy.

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