Best Integrated Amp for Maggies MG12


Am new to high-end audio and am considering to get myself a magnepan MG12s. I would like suggestions for a integrated Amp to drive the MG12s. Looking to spend atmost $1000 on a 2nd hand unit. I have been myself considering the Bryston B-60R and the Creek Audio 5350SE.

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snaudio
Good choice...my dealer uses Bryston with Maggies with great success...also carries NAD...and the C372 is very good amp for the money...
i have been using a musical fidelity a3 for a number of years and it does a good job in my smaller listening area (standard size living room).
I listen to a lot of jazz (coltrane, davis, green, morgan, gordon, silver) and some out of mainstream rock (richard thompson, tom waits, los lobos etc.) also like listening to frank and ella. But i will also use my ipod on shuffle with no problems as well. i do not know about the current on the a3 but it is supposed to deliver 170 watts into a 4 ohm load and magnepan said minimum is 100.
Here are two more contenders: Classe Cap-201 and the Plinius 9100. Both seem pretty nice, and come highly recommended by Maggie fans
I had to downsize a few years ago and gave up my big Mcintosh pre and power amp (MC402) and Cremona speakers ($8800) but I hung on to my great analog and digital source components. I went with a Music Hall Maven reciever and Maggie MG12's for my return to apartment living and have been enjoying them more than mini monitors but not like the system I used to have. But now I just got a Musical Fidelity A302CR 250W power amp. I'm using the Maven's pre outs so it is now just a preamp/tuner. I can say I am now back into REAL HIGH END sound again! Back to listening to entire albums/cd's again! I gave $1,500 for the amp and it had retailed for approx $3500 back when it was new. Best thing I ever did. My LP12 now sounds much better than my Sony SCD-1 like it should now that I have an amp that has the guts and finesse to show it.
Bottom Line: Buy an integrated that has preamp outs so you can do what I did and add a serious power amp later without having to also buy a preamp. Do not be afraid to sink lots of money into source and amplification with the maggies, they will pass the really exciting qualities to your ears effortlessly. If you are a bass slam junkie you will need a really boss serious subwoofer though, like a REL. But the maggies will do great midrange and that's the difficult and most important part anyway.