September 2019


Best Of 2019 Blue Note Equipment Awards

Sanders Sound Systems Magtech Power Amplifier
Price: $5500
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  Roger Sanders is an interesting story unto himself. Back in 1974 he authored an article in Speaker Builder magazine about electrostatic speakers. And then in 1976 this was followed with an article on amplifiers designed to drive them. In 1980 he wrote about the construction of an electrostatic speaker with a curved diaphragm and he was the first to develop this curved profile. You might remember that a similar Curvilinear electrostatic radiating surface is the hallmark of the loudspeakers made by the Martin Logan Company. He is best known for his contribution to the state of the art in his book, The Electrostatic Loudspeakers Design Cookbook published by the magazine The Audio Amateur in 1993.

The Magtech amplifier with additional output transistors now produces 500 Watts into 8 Ohms and 900 Watts into 4 Ohm's. As I read through the Magtech list of specifications I found they were simply everything that I could want in an amplifier. In this audio thing that we do, can we truly ever find the end of the rainbow? There is always something up ahead, an elusive best. And so hat in hand I inquired of Roger Sanders if he could/would upgrade my old original ESL power amplifier, and he graciously agreed.

To say I am delighted by the metamorphosis of my Sanders amplifier would be a bit of an understatement. Even if I were to ignore all the l beauty and life it brings to music. Then all the practical considerations should be a powerful inducement for ownership. If you take into account the fact that it can drive / complement any speaker you are likely to own. Common sense tells you It will serve as the foundation to build a complete audio system.

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Previous Annual Blue Note Awards

Product of the Year Awards 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001.