Analog amplification has been nominally a "mature technology" for a long time, but occiasionally an amplifier appears that is truly special. The medium priced Sanders Magtech is one fo these. It offers aspect of performance that escape most amplifiers that cost far, far more. For one thing, it is almost uniquely free of the tendency to flip the top-end response when faced with odd loads. Even the 2-ohm pure capacitance of some electrostats leaves the Magtech undistrubed. The Magtech goes right on producing flat, clean, pure, undistorted sound without strain, even into such wild loads-- and that kind of flatness in particular is very unusual. The Magtech is also almost unique among high-powerd contemporary amplifiers in having a regulated power supply. All this semi-technical information is a bit of diverson from the real point: The Magtech produces sound of truly reference quality. If neutrality, purity, background quiet, and dynamics are on your list of priorities (that they ought to be!), the Sanders is as the top fo the heap. It is a genuiune super-amp, definitely amonth the best there is in analog amplification (along with its larger brother), at an affordable price. Don't worry that is not a "standard brand" (yet) in the audiophile world -- just have a listen. (211)
