I've got Odysseys instead of Prodigys, but they're generally pretty similar in their amplifier requirements. I'm biamping with a Counterpoint SA-220 (hybrid tube/SS) for the panels and a Classe CA-200 for the bass cones. The line stage is a Counterpoint SA-11, if it matters. I did audition a CJ MV60 with my speakers, and they were quite a bit short on power, although it wasn't as bad with ML as the same amp on Magnepan 3.6s.
My dealer generally demos either of the ML speakers with either Classe CAM-350 monoblocks or the new Rowland M201 monoblocks. I'd love to hear the new Conrad Johnson MV140 all-tube power amp with them, but I haven't to date (different dealers).
Those M201's are really cool - literally and figuratively. They're physically beautiful, like all of the Rowland gear, but also drastically smaller than anything else comparable. They're about the size of a sheet of paper, and a couple of inches thick! They're so small that at first I mistook them for some sort of a power conditioner...
Best of all - other than the sound - they run cool to the touch, even while pumping out a lot of power (500 wpc @ 4 ohms). I'm used to my amps heating up my room in short order, so these look really attractive. Not too expensive, either - $2400 each, so pretty much right where you're looking for price.
Gosh, this turned into a Rowland advert - that wasn't my intention at all. I just saw and heard a really nice set of amps last time I was out at the dealer...
My dealer generally demos either of the ML speakers with either Classe CAM-350 monoblocks or the new Rowland M201 monoblocks. I'd love to hear the new Conrad Johnson MV140 all-tube power amp with them, but I haven't to date (different dealers).
Those M201's are really cool - literally and figuratively. They're physically beautiful, like all of the Rowland gear, but also drastically smaller than anything else comparable. They're about the size of a sheet of paper, and a couple of inches thick! They're so small that at first I mistook them for some sort of a power conditioner...
Best of all - other than the sound - they run cool to the touch, even while pumping out a lot of power (500 wpc @ 4 ohms). I'm used to my amps heating up my room in short order, so these look really attractive. Not too expensive, either - $2400 each, so pretty much right where you're looking for price.
Gosh, this turned into a Rowland advert - that wasn't my intention at all. I just saw and heard a really nice set of amps last time I was out at the dealer...