Mini Maggie Office System


Hello All - I'm waiting on delivery for a pair of mini maggies to setup in an office / near-field setup. I still need to get some electronics to go with this setup. I do know that Maggies enjoy quality amplification, and drink every spare watt they can get their hands on, but on the other hand, this is a near-field setup and won't be run too loud too often.

I'd be interested in experiences out there, since there hasn't been that much written out there that I can find about first hand experiences component matching the mini maggies, despite some glowing reviews.
sonance
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.

08-30-12: Sonance
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.

DO NOT make that assumption about this Marantz amp. Marantz makes quality mid-fi stuff in China. They have a skunkworks factory in Japan for their Reference series, which includes SACD/CD players, integrated amps, preamps, and power amps that run into several thousand dollars. The PM8004 is practically a gift. It is the top line integrated amp from their standard line, but is made in the Reference factory with reference quality components. The PM8004 and its companion SA8004 disc player are the only stereo components from the standard line that use their extraordinary HDAM ultrawide bandwidth, high gain, extremely low noise gain stages.

It's a TAS Editor's Choice component. Here's their rave review. I first took notice of the PM8004 when I was auditioning a $10K pair of Sonus Faber Cremona Ms. They sounded fantastic--musical, articulate, smooth. The bass was particularly tight and articulate; the overall presentation had "you are there" detail I hadn't been aware of on the demo recording that I knew well. It didn't surprise me too much that the Cremona Ms sounded fantastic. What blew me away was that the PM8004 was powering them as though it was a $6K stack of separates.