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RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG

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In Reply to: RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG posted by esande on September 17, 2010 at 23:48:59

I used my long ago MG-1s with A Kenwood integrated of about 80x2@4 with good results. And Yes, I liked the 3x more power of my Carver Cube... We're talkin' '80s, here! My listening habits included periods of pretty loud rock.

From our FWIW department, Magnepan has some panels on a 35watt amp in the lobby. Probably just for background sounds.

Emotiva? Sure, why not? I suspect the downside is that of lifetime. We're talkin' years here. Also, I'm a little leery about longterm support. Too many model changes for me....but that's MY problem. I don't change gear much and like stuff that'll be good for a couple decades. If I could afford it, I'd buy Bryston.
Too much is never enough

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RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG - josh358 11:19:11 09/21/10 (6)
I suspect you're right about the lifetime of the Emotivas, they probably use cheap electrolytics. But if the basic design is reliable and I haven't seen anything that says it isn't, I'm thinking that just means that the caps will have to be replaced in a few years. Maybe the precision resistors, but that's true in any amp, they drift with time.
- RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG - ejman 15:39:38 09/21/10 (1)
  Keep in mind that Emotiva has a 5 years parts and labor warranty (transferable) where the only cost to the owner is shipping
  - RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG - josh358 16:00:22 09/21/10 (0)
    I didn't know that. In any event, the sort of capacitor degradation we're discussing usually takes longer than five years.
- RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG - pictureguy 12:13:52 09/21/10 (3)
  I think design and measurement may be to the point where this stuff may be limited by the quality of parts used.
  Caps....you bet!
  If you made a 'cost no object' rebuild project using hi grade parts, matched transistors and an oversized (within reason) transformer, I'll bet it'd kill.
  I doubt you would damage the voicing, either.
  Too much is never enough
  - RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG - josh358 15:04:24 09/21/10 (2)
    I'm sure your right. It's been so many years since I had the time to do something like that!
    - RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG - pictureguy 17:47:18 09/21/10 (1)
      pretty ambitious and costly.
      Not to mention the parts bill, and labor.
      Too much is never enough
      - RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG - josh358 18:24:23 09/21/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Receiver or amp to drive MMG posted by pictureguy on September 21, 2010 at 17:47:18
        
        I'm remembering the huge capacitor bank I made for my Stereo 400 . . . pretty much the last project of that sort I did, because for some reason people started paying me to do my hobby, LOL.

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