I run the Sunfire Cinema Grand Sig. w/ the TGII processor.
I have the two connected using balanced Audio Magic Excaliber II ic's and the DVD connected to the TGII via coax Apogee Wyde-Eye 75 ohm digital cable.
The front channel speakers are Magnepan MGIIIa and the rear surrounds are the Magnepan MMG.
During movies, I can run this setup in a large room to VERY loud levels without any evidence of strain or clipping. Both Maggies are 4 ohm loads to the amp, so it is working quite hard, probably pulling somewhere between 10 and 15 amps.
Sean is spot on when he speaks of getting the amp up off the shelf as the bottom plate is the heat source. Even at quite loud levels my CG Sig only gets warm, not hot. I use the glass base that came with it, sitting on an MDF shelf on a Michael Green Justarack.
You can use just about anything out there in the way of speakers as Maggies do present a complicated load to amps, and I am driving five channels into four ohm loads.
I also use an Audio Research SP 9 MKII pre to drive the front channels of the Cinema Grand Sig into the MGIIIA's for 2 channel vinyl, SACD and CD.
Happy hunting!
I have the two connected using balanced Audio Magic Excaliber II ic's and the DVD connected to the TGII via coax Apogee Wyde-Eye 75 ohm digital cable.
The front channel speakers are Magnepan MGIIIa and the rear surrounds are the Magnepan MMG.
During movies, I can run this setup in a large room to VERY loud levels without any evidence of strain or clipping. Both Maggies are 4 ohm loads to the amp, so it is working quite hard, probably pulling somewhere between 10 and 15 amps.
Sean is spot on when he speaks of getting the amp up off the shelf as the bottom plate is the heat source. Even at quite loud levels my CG Sig only gets warm, not hot. I use the glass base that came with it, sitting on an MDF shelf on a Michael Green Justarack.
You can use just about anything out there in the way of speakers as Maggies do present a complicated load to amps, and I am driving five channels into four ohm loads.
I also use an Audio Research SP 9 MKII pre to drive the front channels of the Cinema Grand Sig into the MGIIIA's for 2 channel vinyl, SACD and CD.
Happy hunting!