Is it good to drive the magnepan 3.6?

When biamping you need to replace the OEM XO. On the cheap is either the DBX or Behringer CX 2310 or a bit more expensive Behringer DCX 2496

I drive my 3.6's with a McCormack DNA-500 at 500 @ 8 ohms, 1000 @ 4 Ohms. They(3.6R's) act like teenaged football players. The more current you feed them, the more they take and the better they play. I have fooled with other amps, but to my taste I like the McCormack sound with my setup. Like in Young Frannkenstein, "More power Igor....."!!! I agree with Mac that you might want to listen to some other amps to see what floats your boat.

Good luck. Enjoy the music.

Macdadtexas, could you list what the 12 amp's you tried with the 3.6's and why you finally chose Cary? Thanks.

1) NAD 218 THX (not enough juice)

2) Parasound 3500 (lots of power, a bit bright)

3) Parasound A21 (v nice, warm, full)

4) Parasound JC1's (sublime, very full rich sound)

5) Innersound ESL 300 (massive power, never runs out, very detailed, great match)

6) Bel Canto Ref 1000's (massive effortless power, very detailed, not warm)

7) McIntosh 501's ( not a match, sounded muddy )

8) Cary Audio 500MB's (tube like sound, HUGE Bass, great match)

9) Bryston 7B's (power, nice, but not my favorite)

10) Pass Labs X 350's (good amp not my favorite)

11) Spectron Musician III ( I bought after I alreay had the Cary to try it out, nice, but to my ear, not as detailed as the Carys)

Sorry, it's only 11, unless I forgot one?? Cary's are my favorites, I also loved the big Parasound JC-1's and the Innersounds. The only amps I had that just didn't match, and it could have been with my other gear, were the McIntosh and PassLabs.

Ahh, I forgot, because I only had it for a short time, the Musical Fidelity NuVista power amp. So that's the 12th one. I didn't like it with the Maggies. I sold it to a buddy with Linn speakers and it sounded great. I think he still has it, they are hard to find amps.