One of the top five all time best sounds I've ever heard from a dealership setup was a pr of Maggie 20s connected to a pr of ML 100wpc mono block amps.. back then though the ML amps actually were ML amps. Mark hadnt yet signed off.
The imaging was such that I felt I could step in between the panels and shake hands with the musicians. Sound pressure levels were modest, and the music was acoustic and from a SCD 1 SACD player into an ML preamp, all in balanced config. So I cant account for any assignment of the low end output, nor the height of the volume knobs influence . But the sound was startling. More so still when I found out the amps were only 100wpc . In a fair sized room.
The odd thing here is I had that experience nearly 20 yrs ago.
Otherwise, Ive not been impressed by ML or Maggiesseparately. Together however its a different story completely . And Ive never heard Bryston amps. But what Ive heard about them is well represented here in this thread so far.
The imaging was such that I felt I could step in between the panels and shake hands with the musicians. Sound pressure levels were modest, and the music was acoustic and from a SCD 1 SACD player into an ML preamp, all in balanced config. So I cant account for any assignment of the low end output, nor the height of the volume knobs influence . But the sound was startling. More so still when I found out the amps were only 100wpc . In a fair sized room.
The odd thing here is I had that experience nearly 20 yrs ago.
Otherwise, Ive not been impressed by ML or Maggiesseparately. Together however its a different story completely . And Ive never heard Bryston amps. But what Ive heard about them is well represented here in this thread so far.