Feaner

Most speakers I've tried sound better with SE amplifiers regardless of power. Unfortunately the designs of the LE speakers tend not to be able to play loud enough to satisfy so then they're forced into high power and generally poor sounding alternatives. No matter how great the LE speaker may have actually been it is reduced to mid-fi IMO when one is forced to use seriously worse sounding amps. A speaker can't fix what it was given.

Still there are amps that sound great don't cost much and offer tremendous build construction and excellent ridiculous power - more than enough to drive any Magnepan which is not as hard to drive as some think. While I'm not a fan of Magnepan's sound the Grant Fidelity Rita would easily drive the 1.6 to levels and grip that I doubt can be bettered. With 450 watts capable power from a very powerful tube compliment in class A it will be tough to better where SS balls but without the grain and still sound better than digital amps I've tried. http://grantfidelity.com/site/RITA-8...Tube-Amplifier