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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
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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