I'm planning on getting Magnepan 1.7s. I have a strong, clean power amp to drive them, but I need advice on a preamp please. 1. Make and model recommendations 2. tube vs. solid state and why
Maggie's always seem to be paired with AR stuff, but that's when both the pre and the amp are AR. If you're going with a SS amp (especially if it is a Bryston, which can be pretty dry) then I would suggest a pre that adds a more spacious (tubey) presentation that the AR's.
tubed preamp: i like the spaciousness + quiet + phonostage of my mfa magus a-2. (it's for sale but if unsold i'll continue using it in my main setup another 20 years. i don't feel compelled to buy anything new, just testing the waters. it replaced a noisy c-j i had had 11 years.
04-27-10: No_money They where hardly ever mated with the AR amps. Bryston 95% of the time I went in there.
"Hardly ever"? - I think you can go back to the 1970s (and through every other decade) and find ARC electronics (not only preamps but also amps) and Maggies used together extensively.
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