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I've got a chance to buy a really nice set of speakers for a good price. Their magnepans' and everything I read, heard and seen about them tell me they need Lots of power to play them to their fullest. Problem is my wife wants our newly upgraded stereo system to also incorporate a Home Theater surround sound system with it. Instead of buying two individual setups I'd like to just buy a power 5 channel amp and nice preamp with processing abilities. I saw an ad for an Adcom amp, the GFA-7500 (225wpc X 5 into 4 ohms, or 150wpc into 8 ohms. What are the names of other powerful amps like this one? Do you think they would make the maggies sing when just listening to a musically setup of 2 channel selection?
http://www.cinepro.com/3k6SE.html
I've owned this amp for several months now and continue to be utterly impressed by what 150w/ch can do for a system. Definitely listen to the Bryston before you make a decision.
Hope this helped!
My dealer has a set up in his shop that combines your speakers with an Aragon 8008 and AR tube preamp. The sound is great at the price point. The Aragon stuff will cost a little more than the Adcom. Parasound also offers a good value for the money. The Aragon amp delivers 200 watts into 8ohms and 400 in 4ohms. There is a five channel version but it cost about 4000.00. I use an Aragon 8008 three channel model for my front speakers which I purchased used for 1900.00 and an 8002 which is rated at 125 watts into 8 and 250 into 4ohms. It will drive your speakers nicely as well. I purchased the 8002, also used for 750.00. I would certainly recommended used Aragon stuff as it is built well and very durable.
I have a complete Maggie HT set-up that I want to be as musical as possible. The maggies being 4 ohm speakers like that ss power in large quanities. After several 5 channel amps, the amp I am currently using now is the EAD Powermaster 2000. 400 watts into 8 ohms and 750 watts into 4 ohms like the maggies. The Maggies come to life with this amp. It is broad, deep, detailed, clear and fast. Very natural sounding with little to no coloration. I refer to this amp as the elephant killer. It ways over a 130 lbs. Check-out the reviews of this amp at audioreview.com . My processor is a Lexicon MC1. Great for movies, good for music. With the Lexicon I am running 7 channels, so I am looking into a separate 2-channel for music listening. The EAD is very good for music, but I would like to audition some others,(Sim, Plinius, BelCanto digital, Classe', Bryston,....) My dealer is Steve Herrala with Sound Video out of MN.
He is my local dealer and carries every line I mentioned above. Good guy and Great dealer. Email me direct if you want his number or email address. One more thing on the EAD, it has an extremely long burn-in time. I have had mine for 4 monthes with some really quality
hours of high volume listening. About 3 weeks ago the sound started to warm up and improve drastically. I would not of written this post back then and almost sold it. Steve told me to hang in there, give it a little more time. I am glad I did. Out the box the highs almost made you plug your ears with the tweeters on the 1.6's.Good luck on your search.
Best regards
mark r
I completely agree with the above post. If you have no local dealer, Steve is the way to go - terrific service.
A friend has recently gotten this amp (he got the 100WX5 version) that he absolutely loves. It is a warm and engaging amp (I have heard).
EAD has 5X100 and 5X200 versions. When you use the amp in stereo (not using surrounds & center) it draws power from the other channels to increase it's 2 channel output.
I would reccomend looking into it. If you do not have a local dealer you can e-mail me and I will put you in touch with a terrific one.dg
If you want real POWER there's the Rotel RMB-1095, 200wpc x5, $1999.Not enough ?
How about the California Audio Labs CL-2500 MCA, 500wpc x5, $7500.Enjoy, one can never have too much power.
:)
michael w
Rotel does NOT provide specs on power output @ 4 ohms. This only leads one to believe that it is not as healthy as you might think. Sean
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Without more details that would be erroneous thinking.The Rotel does have THX Ultra certification which I believe does include rigorous low impedance requirements.
Having heard one of these Rotels in action driving a full set of Martin Logans, I don't believe power into 4 ohms is an issue, though it should be disclosed.
cheers
michael w
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