pflik
Novice Member
Short story:
I want to drive my Magnepan 1.6QR with a quad poweramp.
Question: Are these poweramps compatible with every preamp or do they need to be combined with quad only pre amps? (i.e. 909 with a 99 preamp)
Long story:
It's been a while, but have slowly started to collect a modest system.
Currently I have:
In the living room will keep the Magnepan 1.6qr with the subs. However, I want to augment this with a 5.1/7.1/atmos setup. My idea is to have these cheap speakers for the surround channels (and front). Especially as watching movies is not really a priority (anymore...)
It is proving to be difficult to find a receiver that can properly drive these speakers and I'm thinking of getting a power amp to drive them and taking the left and right channel pre-outs from a receiver. This will give me some options in what receiver i can choose, as the requirements for the surround speakers are much less. (I would be able to drive them with 30/50 watt).
I know that the quads work very well with the magnepans. I've heard them live and it's absolutely stunning. However, i did understand that the older power amps (303 and i think 405 etc..) where not compatible with preamps other than the Quads. It had something to do with the input voltage being higher or lower that the industry standard.
Anyone that can enlighten me?
I want to drive my Magnepan 1.6QR with a quad poweramp.
Question: Are these poweramps compatible with every preamp or do they need to be combined with quad only pre amps? (i.e. 909 with a 99 preamp)
Long story:
It's been a while, but have slowly started to collect a modest system.
Currently I have:
- Nad 3400 integrated amp
- Magnepan 1.6qr
- Magnepan SMGa
- DIY Dual subs with an Hypex amp
In the living room will keep the Magnepan 1.6qr with the subs. However, I want to augment this with a 5.1/7.1/atmos setup. My idea is to have these cheap speakers for the surround channels (and front). Especially as watching movies is not really a priority (anymore...)
It is proving to be difficult to find a receiver that can properly drive these speakers and I'm thinking of getting a power amp to drive them and taking the left and right channel pre-outs from a receiver. This will give me some options in what receiver i can choose, as the requirements for the surround speakers are much less. (I would be able to drive them with 30/50 watt).
I know that the quads work very well with the magnepans. I've heard them live and it's absolutely stunning. However, i did understand that the older power amps (303 and i think 405 etc..) where not compatible with preamps other than the Quads. It had something to do with the input voltage being higher or lower that the industry standard.
Anyone that can enlighten me?