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Pastimes : Hi-Fi Equipment
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To: Jon K. who wrote (11)11/7/1999 6:32:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) of 61
 
I think the Aleph-Maggie combo would be killer. But that is jmo of course. You have to like Maggies ... speakers are like music. Each one presents itself a little differently. You gotta take your ears shopping.
The Aleph would work with almost any load you could throw at it, I would imagine. There are some really WONDERFUL sounding speakers out there ... but they require a LOT from the power amp. Tube guys often end up with very sensitive speakers. (In fact a horn speaker industry has sprung up around these single-ended triode monobloc amps that put out a blistering seven watts per channel!) Solid-state guys sometimes buy speakers that sound real good if they are driven by big, stable power supplies. Maggies and some electrostatic speakers (like the Martin-Logans) need power.

I wonder how the Maggies would sound when matched to a really good subwoofer like the Muse. Bass energy is one of those things that is *very hard* to get right in a box playing inside a box (and that describes 99% of all home stereos).

That said, my Maggies sound quite presentable drawing their power from a low-priced NAD receiver. I'd *love* to hear what they got from a higher-power solid-state amp of good design. Here my choice would be Levinson, Krell (the KAV-300i is a real bargain for the power level, and you don't need an outboard preamp) or the Pass with a matching Pass preamp.
I'd like to hear the Pass Aleph 3 (the little stereo amp) driving sensitive speakers like Henry's B&W 800s or big Avalons. It must be sweeeeet.

What kind of music do you like to play?
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