The MAGNEPAN TYMPANI Speaker

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JoeE was not challenging you, Mr luckydoggoldminer...................

Many of us do have Magnepan speakers....................

I have used Tympani 3A's T/M/W since 1974, with a Velodyne SS coming in below 50 Hz. Only a servo-sub is articulate enough to blend with Maggies. Magnepan will rebuild their older speakers.

But I chose the Tympani 3A *only* because I heard them driven with a Futterman OTL amp. I even did not like the Tympani's when they were driven with ARC tubies. Go figure......

Magnepans are simply not all that attractive when driven with SS amps. The Bongiorno-designed Ampzilla I have that works so beautifully on the bass panels was merely OK on the T/M panels.

OTL amps like the Futterman, the original OTL amp, usually work well with speakers rated at 8 ohm or above because these amps "tend" to operate as constant-current sources. But one can try an OTL with 4 ohm speakers by using Paul Speltz's autoformers....

http://zeroimpedance.com/products.html

I also use a Jolida 302B, with Winged-C tubes in it, to drive MMG's in our bedroom with very pleasing results. A Musical Fidelity A2 constant-voltage source amp was only decent with the MMG's.