Recommendation Amp for MGIIIa

my friend has maggie 3s. he is biamping with a ss amp on the bass panel and the dyna mark 3s on the treble.

i would suggest a beefy amp, such as the macintosh 2102. there should be enough power with kt88s, or the wolcott stereo amp, 140 watts of tubes. i heard this amp provide ample power for a pair of 3.6s .

i think ss with magnepans is too much of a good thing. the good thing is resolution. be careful with ss amps. select one which is gentle, such as the ayre.

parasound hca3500 can be found on agon around$1100.Dual mono(350per)They are the platform for the jc1.I have them running my tympani4a until I decide to get jc1 or passx600.If they can handle tympanis,they will cruise on your3a(I have a set of mg3 that will inherit the 3500 when I decide on my monos)

MrTennis: MGIIIa's are 84dB and the Macintosh amp doesn't have the dynamics (I know they have autoformers and such but they still sound flat on MG's). The Wolcotts are designed to drive impossible loads for planars, and VTL300's should be a minimum especially if you want to listen to classical.

Stay clear of the Aragon's as the Ribbon tweeter really reveals the harshness of the top end of that amp.. not a good synergy..

I have never owned any of these products, but I thought high powered Audio Research and Magnaplanars were supposed to be touted as a classic combination.

Unsound, I have heard ARC CD3 Mk. 2 + ref 2 Mk. 2. + VT100 Mk. 3 + MG3.6. The combination was. . . delicious and reasonably authoritative. When the VT100 Mk. 3 was replaced with VT200, the sound turned to. . . impressive, and very musical. Still with a touch of staging non specificity typical of the Ref 2 Mk. 2 and a hint of the old-style ARC silvery haze perhaps.