Another amp pairing question… I’ve decided to keep the Hegel so not a revisit to that…
I still would like to into tubes to drive both LRS and 1266 Phi TC via a full speaker amp. End goal is Arc but that is 2-3 years out as that is a ~$5k amp to get one of the big boys.
In the meantime what are your thoughts on this amp?
It’s a class D “tube hybrid” rated 200 watts @ 4 ohms and > 1000 damping factor. Seems to have the “juice” to drive both properly but my question is due to topology (Class D tube hybrid) should I expect “tubiness” and will it have decent quality / technical ability ? I know very little about rogue other than they make some decent stuff but also some throwaways.
Rogue is a good brand and I wouldn’t have an issue buying their products. No experience with them on Maggies but theoretically they should be good…class D gives you the current needed while the tubed front end gives you some tubyness.
yeah I guess that is my question “some tubyness”… I’m just wondering if it will be different enough to be worth it or will just sound like primarily a solid state. I guess I need to go find a Maggie forum or potentially a forum on the Rogue Sphinx.
Thanks… It looks like something leftover from when the interwebz were created lol.
dude i registered did a few searches and am near motion sick after trying to following the threads. My god that has to be the worst layout I’ve ever seen.
Try this instead. It’s another old school site but way better than the other one. Also dedicated to planars, so much Maggie knowledge and experience there.
I ended up having to sell my maggies today along with the hegel
Basically the wife forced me to take move them from our family living room into my “listening room” (extra basement bedroom 9X11X9 and it just wasn’t the same in a small space. I found myself not enjoying them nearly as much nor using them often with 2 small kids so had a buddy give me a great offer on them.
Now down to a couple active bookshelves on headphones only. Maybe once the girls are older I can invest in some full size speakers again.
My daughters need a place to play where they can run/crawl around and our basement is the only place that is baby proof’d that can fit that. She actually made very logical points and they would tear apart the top heavy and paper thin Maggies if I let them out.
The wife never bothered my about anything audio related up to this point. oh well…
What hegel was used? I was thinking of this exact pairing and if my house hunt wasnt taking over a year i would of tried to convince you to keep it in the family.
You need a rather large room, pull the lrs 4 feet from rear wall and a quick sub that plays tight (eg Rel or Rythmik).
I’d also suggest you demo with your nearest dealer to ensure the presentation fits your preferences. I loved the Maggies after listening to Zu Dw, Tekton Lore, and some B&W towers.
I was looking into more budget version of this:
Hegel h95 or so but was willing to look at higher end hegels depending on current used prices.
Dac would probably be a bf2.
Sub would be future considerations.
This is all theory as a house has been soul crushing impossible to buy with they going in less than 24 hours
I bought my H160 from the Maggie dealer… The LRS was brand new and the H160 was their demo unit they sold to be for $1500. I can’t speak for the H95 but I would suggest targeting the H160 or H190 as the entry point. I would wait another 3-6 months of saving to get the purchase “right” the first time rather than buying something a bit cheaper and then scaling later. If you’re patient in the used market you can find something ~50% of MSRP that should be great. Your BF2 should be much better than onboard integrated hegel dac.
On the house buying process i totally get it… it took us 2.5 years to complete the process in Utah and prices just kept going up up up. We probably looked at 200-300 houses over that time put in 30+ offers and went under contract 3 times before due diligence actually was concluded and we proceeded with a sale. At a certain point you almost have to just sit it out and rent.
The houses here have been insane our budget of under 500k has been blown to over 600k for houses that are of lesser quality than before. We have been underbid, overbid, same bid but they just chose the other people, people seemingly have 600k+ in cash? We call within minutes of a house listing, get an appointment for the earliest time, then are cancelled on as they say they accepted an offer in less than 24 hours. I swear i should get into realty as there is little work put into a sale and the payoffs are big.
But the thing keeping me going is having a nice audio set up and a backyard bbq smoker.
Buying a house is serious pain in the ass. And it’s easy to take things personally which makes it more aggravating. Eventually the right situation will come along and you’ll be happy.
I was in the same situation some years ago. Eventually I was like “whatever man, if something comes along, great. If not, then fuck it”. Something came a long. Had a friend go through all that recently as well. It is what it is, important thing is not to get too wrapped up in it - there’s just no point in the aggravation.
