Magneplanar 3.6R + Pass Aleph Amps Mate ?

I've owned an Aleph 5, and I have previously owned a
pair of Magnepan MG-IIIa and currently have Magnepan
1.6QR's.

In my opinion, an Aleph 5 is inadequate power for a
pair of 3.6R. I say this not having owned a pair, but
knowing the power requirements of Maggies. I just
changed from a Mark Levinson 27.5 amp (200 W/Chan @
4 ohms) to a Levinson 335 (500 W/Chan @ 4 Ohms). Though
the 27.5 was very smooth, detailed and had an excellent
soundstage, the 335 gave an added dimension to the
dynamics. The 3.6R would be even more power-hungry than
my 1.6QR. I would suggest the Aleph 5 for POSSIBLY the
upper end in a biamped configuration.

IMO, one needs a LOT of good, clean sounding power for the 3.6. I'm not familiar with the Aleph 5. I'm using an InnerSound ESL amp that warps out at 600WPC into 4 ohms. That gives me a clean 100db in-room.

I once owned the Pass Aleph 2's in combination with 3.6R's
They were not a good combo
Not enough balls from the Pass to properly drive the Maggies

I wouldn't do it. I think you will be vastly underpowered.

I had the 100w 2's with the 1.6's and they really didn't light up at all. Very clean, but the power really wasn't there. In fact I had never heard such a mismatch with the wonderful aleph's and magnepans. The aleph's tend to sing with highly detailed, ultra clean speakers like audio physic. Magnepans tend to work well with high power tube amps. I didn't like my 1.6's with my mccormack amp either.

I did hear the 3.6's sound absolutely wonderful with ARC solid state at this year's CES. Those would be my number one consideration. They had it set up in a five channel arrangement.