Quote Originally Posted by Pat D
Very good points. However, it is quite likely that the Magnepan speakers offered a much more difficult load than the other speakers, and so the differences may well have been that one or more of the amplifiers couldn't handle the load.
Nope. Magneplanars have always presented a fairly linear high impedance resistive load to amplifiers unlike some speakers like my Advents. High resolution speakers render discerning amplifier differences easier.

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