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In Reply to: Help: Recommed Amp Upgrade for Magnepan 3.6 posted by nicoff on June 12, 2009 at 09:37:00:
I reiterate the suggested biamp as the next step up - triamping is better. Once the CAM is freed of the woofer - particularly that big set of inductors you will not believe how it can sing.
Then you can go to a class D bass amp, or go Pro Audio. I don't have a problem with switching amps, but many people are "allergic" to something in their sound. The Nuforce amps have peak power of 1KW or so. The EVO amps are restricted somewhat by their linear power supply. The PS Audio amps are also great value and the short lived EVS amps are too, Spectrons and carvers and the many others like the H2O vary in bass quality and value. In pro-audio, I would suggest the Macro-Tech series from Crown. I use a 5002vz - it has an ample 2.5 kW into 4 ohms and is probably overkill even for my Tympani. You can buy a used 2400 or 2402, or a Macro-Reference (a better piece but older design) and if you find 1.2kW insufficient, you can parallel bridge them (bridges current rather than voltage so it can drive down to 2 ohms and below) into monoblocks. They will set you back $800-900 used and there are plenty of Macro Techs out there. There are plenty of other choices from pro audio, though they are not all as good. The Brystons are better, but you need to go beyond the ubiquitous 4 since it does not have enough power for live level performance, and the higher models will set you back far more - at least double for the same power output.
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