Quote Originally Posted by blackraven
There are some speakers that benefit from a high current design. Magnepans are one of them. High current and high power do make them sound better. Try turning the volume up and see how fast the Magnepans shut down an underpowered amp.
I have to agree completely. It wasn't until I used a high-current design amp with my Dahlquist DQ-10's that they opened up and sounded as good as they do. The first was the short-lived dbx mega-amp, the BX-1, whose design was, according to dbx engineers, purposely high current. While the amp was troublesome, and eventually died, the DQ-10's never sounded better.

My current amp is the high current Adcom GFA-5800 which works splendidly with the DQ-10's, and even better than the dbx BX-1. It'll be a sad day in my household when the 5800 passes on.