Magtech Amplifier

Primare_cd31, I am using the Magtech right now on my LSA1 Statements. I did review it for Dagogo. As you say it is very powerful, well made, fairly light weight, and certainly inexpensive. I am at odds with Roger Sanders about his excellent amp. I have found it does not like to be turned off and takes a good deal of time recuperating if this is done. Also, it is very responsive to proper isolation and to power cords. It also takes a long time to reach its best.

My unit now has many hours on it. It is on a StillPoints Component Stand and has the Synergistic Research MIG isolation feet under it and is driven by a Syn. Res. Halograph A power cord. Each of these made a significant improvement in my sound using this amp.

There is a clarity and effortlessness to this amp that I have not had with other amps. Of course, I have not had many very expensive amps, such as the Ypsilon, Tidal, or Sovereign amps in my system, but I see nothing wanting using it. I also know that it is selling quite well.

I have the ESL version of the Magtech and LOVE it! I have tried and/or owned many very expensive amps and this is the best I've heard with my Martin Logan CLSIIA's. BTW, Roger and Angela are wonderful to work with and really take care of their customers.

Norm, I suspect that excruciatingly long break in time and slow performance recovery may be fairly common among high-efficiency amps...

Guidocorona, possibly. The irony is that Roger Sanders insists that there is no breakin on solid state amps. He thinks I'm crazy.

Uhrn.... Norm, if that is the case, you are in good company... All solid state amps I have broken in this far (high efficiency class D) have taken between 1,000 and 1,500 hrs to break in.... and even my previous high bias class A/B amp, the venerable Rowland 7M, of which I have been the proud 3rd daddy, took about 24 hrs of steaming before giving its best after its power was cycled down to standby for a couple of days or so.

I suspect that, if I needed instant gratification, I would need to change hobby, or at least target very different amps.

Of course, ever the empiricist, I remain open to possibly discovering a high end SS high-efficiency amp that is not plagued by "late bloom syndrome". Yet for now, ripening cheeses, aging wines, and breaking-in amps... remains just part of the ever patient fun.

Saluti,

G.