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Inexpensive amp testing on Planars

Posted by aceinc (A) on October 23, 2024 at 18:25:57

One thing which keeps folks from buying Maggies is the concern about the cost of electronics to drive them. I am lucky that I have great amps including Emotiva and vintage McIntosh for mine.

I recently built a pair of subs for my HT system and was shopping around for amps to drive them. I found some 1 kw class D mono blocks on AliExpress. They are ~$450 a pair delivered.

After I par boil them for a few days (break them in), as an experiment, I'm going to test them on 3 pair of demanding speakers I currently have in my 2 channel room;

Carver ALS Platinum
ET LFT 8b
Magnepan .7

I will A/B/C them against McIntosh 2105 and NAD 2200 PE which are both IMO, overachieving 100 WPC stereo amps. I will provide my thoughts, but I am not an audiophile & I certainly don't have the flowery phrases like "notes of chocolate" in my audio lexicon.

Anyone in the S Florida area who wishes to help in this endeavor is welcome.

Edits: 10/23/24

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