pvmike,
One assumes having posted the specs for the Manley 500 monos, these are the amps under consideration. I've not heard them, but am a long time owner of the Mahi Mahi and can attest to them being scary fast and able to handle many different speakers with ease within their power limits, about 40wpc, 25wpc triode depending on the speakers.
Manley tends to over build and invests heavily in power regulation. I would tend to believe these monos would handily power anything thrown at them. I took a pair of VTL Tiny Triodes to a shop once and powered their smaller ML speakers and they were shocked at how easily they drove them, how smooth they sounded and how quick it made the MLs.
I would not back away from the Manley amps.
One assumes having posted the specs for the Manley 500 monos, these are the amps under consideration. I've not heard them, but am a long time owner of the Mahi Mahi and can attest to them being scary fast and able to handle many different speakers with ease within their power limits, about 40wpc, 25wpc triode depending on the speakers.
Manley tends to over build and invests heavily in power regulation. I would tend to believe these monos would handily power anything thrown at them. I took a pair of VTL Tiny Triodes to a shop once and powered their smaller ML speakers and they were shocked at how easily they drove them, how smooth they sounded and how quick it made the MLs.
I would not back away from the Manley amps.