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Is it good to drive the magnepan 3.6?

I have 2 classe Twenty-Five power amp, and I just purchased a pair of Magnepan Speakers: model 3.6 and its rate is 4 Ohms speaker. I was wondering, if I "bridged" my power amp to function as "monoblocks" to drive a pair of magnepan 3.6. Will it cause the amplifier to "see" a 2-ohm load? Does that stress the amplifier's current capacity and will the amp be overheated?

Here is the power amp's rated output:
Rated Output :
8 Ohms Stereo: 250 Watts
4 Ohms Stereo: 500 Watts
8 Ohms Mono: 1000 Watts
4 Ohms Mono: 1600 watts

I don't have that much of experience on this audio system, so can any one give me some advice , please e-mail me.
Thank You
vinhd
macdadtexas
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Herman, I went to grad school at Rice and we had an honor system for exams, so I am going to ask to bring mine home!

I think this has been my favorite string to watch over the last week, maybe better than the election as far as banter back and forth.
herman
2,215 posts
 
I have also been entertained by it. You would think that someone who represents Spectron amplifiers would take the time to get the right answer on a basic electronics question before sticking their foot in their mouth twice. His comments about reducing all types of distortion as well as bandwidth and slew rate doubling were also incorrect but I figured if he didn't understand the simple stuff there was no reason to go into anything else.
vinhd OP
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Thank you so much for all of your help and advice. I appreciate you all taking your time and consideration in thoroughly answering my question. And again thank you.
ngjockey
1,042 posts
 
I've got a similar setup with bridged Plinius (which run hot normally) for planar magnetics. No problem. Maggies are nearly a purely resistive load across the bandwidth.
lightminer
164 posts
 
If you have 2, I would stronlgy consider bi-amping with an active crossover. The main 2 people talk about using with Magnepans are the Bryston (1 model) and Marchand who have at least 3 that apply at different price points. From what I've been told this makes a gigantic difference. Personally I'm driving my 3.6s with an older Pass model, lower wattage (Aleph 5), and absolutely loving every minute of it.
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