Mini Maggie Office System

The question is how much do yoiu want to spend on your electronics? The second major point is that if the first watt sounds terrible what good is 500 more of the same. The idea of course is to get high quality while knowing that Magnepans do see to perform well with good high wattage devices. There is no point in discussing possibilities without a budget.

Hi Sonance,

Just yesterday I was listening the Mini Maggie/subwoofer system and thought it was quite a treat. Even if your going to use it in a near-field setup, I still would recommend at least 80 to 100 watts of quality power to get them to sing. I heard them being driven by a Peachtree 80 watt intergrated, which was just enough to get them to perform wonderfully in a very small office setup. So, quality along with a good 100 watt amp with some current is still necessary even if they are the babies of the Magnapan family.

I heard them with a Peachtree too. Their electronics are certainly good enough to make the mini-maggies sound good. But I would go with the Marantz PM8004. That is just an incredibly clean, quiet, resolving, and musical integrated amp.

If you spend more than the Marantz, look into the Rogue Cronus or Rogue Cronus Magnum.

Don't really have a fixed budget - I guess I'll try to keep it under 2K - but hopefully that includes a source, and I'm OK with buying something used as long as I expect it to be reliable. Amps first, though.

I checked out the Marantz, seems like a nice component, although my first impression of the brand is mid-fi, but that may be just preconception. I see lots of new names like Peachtree and Wyred 4 Sound, and I'm wondering how they do against stalwarts like Plinius and Simaudio Moon (used, obviously)? I'm not naturally inclined to buy Class D gear, although I understand it can be well executed and sound good with compatible components.

Magnepan has a 30 day home trial program for the Mini Maggie
System. And, they do offer a Wadia 151 as part of the trial.
That might be worth looking into.