UPA-1 and magnepan MC1

[huntepr1]

Hello All,

I was wondering could I use the upa 1 bi amp to power my Maggie MC1s?
I want to send 1 signal to the upa-1 but power the MC1s.

I currently have a UPA-7 and I use 2 channels from that to run my MC1s as a center channel.... the MC1s are two speakers that you hang on a wall and use a one center channel. I have the center output from the receiver split using a RCA splitter and it is split into two channels on the UPA7.

Thanks in advance

[Deleted]

If you are asking if you can properly power your MC1's through one UPA 1, the answer is no, because it's one channel. Plus, it's not a good idea to power two 4 ohm speakers off of one UPA1.

[ottaone]

Unless you wire them maggies in series, then you have an 8-ohm load. The question is, would you do such disservice to maggies? Other options in order of wallet damage - easiest to hardest:

Option 2, 2 UPA-1s.

Option 3, 1 XPA-2.

Option 3, 1 XPA-1. Apparently, the XPA-1 will still be stable at 2 ohms.