Amplification for Maggie MG 1.6Qr s

I've owned two Plinius'. I never heard them with the 1.6s, but I think it would definately be worth a listen. The Plinius is an amazing integrated, in the right system. My guess is, matched with the Maggies, great mids, imaging and dissapearing speakers.

I used the Plinius 8150 w/the Maggies until I sold them (the speakers; still have the amp but am considering moving on there as well). It was a very, very good combination, not surprising given teh Plinius' 230W into 4 ohm capability. Hard to imagine a better match.

Cheers,
JHunter

I agree with Ramstl. Current , current, and then a little more...current. Maggies, like all planar/magnetic panels (Apogees for example) crave it. I have found deeply biased into class A operation work great. Reference Line (yes, they still do exist, look in the manufacturers section), Threshold/Forte (especially a pair of 4a's), older Classe, Pass, Plinius and so forth. I especially like the Reference Line stuff and were designed specifically to drive 3-4 ohm loads. They are "cheap" on the used market...if you can find one.

I have a couple of friends who have the 1.6R's and are driving them with B&K M200 monoblocks, Krell KSA-80 and a Roger Mojeski RM-9 II.

Dear Whatjd,
Tube amplification seems to do wonders for the 1.6. The best amp overall I have used with them is the vt100m2. I found the pass labs and the mccormack dna-1 to a little less alive with them. The CJ-mv50 was wonderful too. If I had to buy something today, I think I would go for a modern day mv-55, cav-50 or maybe a premier 11a. A big reason for these smaller amps is that 1.6qr's tend to drive an amp pretty hard & I would guess tube replacement would take place often. I notice I have to turn the gain up around twice as high to get the same sound out of my 1.6's verses my ap virgo speakers when using the same amp. A vt100 is $300 to retube, and an mv50 is around 100. The mv-55 actually provided better bass than the vt100. The vt100 was superior in terms of imaging and transparancy.