I went through a few amps before I hit nirvana at my budget by accident. I had an Adcom GFA-5500 that I sent to Stan Warren to me modified and purchased a used Sunfire Stereo Amplifier to use until the Adcom came back. The Sunfire is wonderful with the Maggies, very smooth, grain free, but with tight powerful bass. When the Adcom GFA-5500 came back from Stan I tried running it for a while, but there was no comparison (the only thing the Adcom did better was a bit more bass slam, their hallmark).
For the $1000 for used Sunfire Stereo or $1500 for a signature, they are a really good combo with Maggies.
For the $1000 for used Sunfire Stereo or $1500 for a signature, they are a really good combo with Maggies.