I recommend tubes. I drove mine with three amps: The McCormack DNA1, a conrad johnson mv-50 (45 watt tube amp), and a vt100m2. I think the best of the bunch was the vt100 then the mv-50, then the dna. The maggies really seemed to like tubes. The mv-50 had NO PROBLEM driving them. I was amazed. All the power and bass you could ever want. I have to note that with my Audio Physic speakers, the dna and vt100 were extremely close in sound quality but not so with the maggies. Those things like tubes. One of my friends vehemently disagrees, saying the dna is much better than the mv-50 due to it's increased detail and transparency. The other agrees that the mv-50 is a much wonderful match. You lose transparancy to the vt100 and DNA, but the forwardness and lush quality of the midrange (esp with vocals) is simply wonderful. It's like having a person with a six-foot tall head singing in your room. I will say that if your decor allows it, you cannot go wrong with these speakers.
