I have read that to truely get the most from Magnepans in general they need quite a bit of power. Is 500w RMS at 4ohms a decent power rating for 1.6's? Or is something more like 1000w + RMS at 4ohms needed?
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500 watts @ 4 ohms is plenty, now my question is what is the amp rated into an 8 ohm load ? If you tell me 250 then you've got an indication of it's ability to 'dbl down' , an important spec when ones looks at an amps stability.
Maggies love stable amplifiers capable of strong current delivering capability.Dave
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Run my 1.6's with a 200 watt Mac amp. I have no problems, but then again Iam not crankin it either. I've ran them with a 200 watt GAS amp that hardly moved the needles.Comment
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I just removed two 12 inch Image Dynamics subs from my car stereo. I want to use them in my home theatre. Need one or two dedicated amps to power these. They are 4 ohms each and rated for 500watts rms.
Looking for a good mono subwoofer amp for 600watts at 4ohms.
What...25 November 2017, 14:39 Saturday -
According to the Maggie user forum Magnepan is about to release a new centre channel speaker system. There's a link http://www.magnepan.com/mc1/ht.html that isn't yet a hyperlink of their site and there's no text yet so I gather they aren't ready to release this just yet but it looks interesting. ... -
Hello everyone,
I am new on your forum. A friend of mine, who already owns Rotel components, talked to me about your forum.
As we didi several tests together, I though I could share them with you.
Apologize for my english which may be approximative sometimes, it...20 October 2006, 06:55 Friday -
Hello All:
I am new to this forum and this is my very first post. I have long been researching various options for upgrading my HT system which is a 4-year old, decent system (combination of Marantz SR-5000 receiver & Infinity Interlude speakers, and Sunfire Mark IV True subwoofer)...18 September 2003, 09:56 Thursday -
My system ,so far, is :
Magnepan MC1 ...fronts and surrounds
Magnepan CC3....center channel
Music Hall CD25 24/96...cd player
Rel Srata 3 .....subwoofer
..now the thing is that I was close of buying a Rotel rsx1055 as a receiver,I went to my dealer...
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