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Maggie LRS so ridiculously good

I ordered a set of the LRS just to be able to say I have lived with Maggies at least once.  I've had a lot of speakers and some big dog expensive ones like Kef Blade and Revel Salon 2 to name a couple.  These 650 dollar LRS bring as much enjoyment as anything I've ever heard in so many ways.  They don't love hard driving music for sure but for quiet listening or mellow type music they will give you transcendent moments.  I swear they are breaking in or something and becoming a little more dynamic than when brand new.  These have to be one of the greatest hifi bargains of all time.  My 30 watt Pass 30.8 drives them well.  I had 3.6 maggies many years ago and I snubbed them, thought they were so compressed sounding but maybe I was wrong or not using the right amp.  These are just wow and so impressive what you can get for the money.  I have a feeling a killer amp is a big part of the equation with these but even with a Naim Uniti Atom in a smaller space these are still awesome.  This has to be the ultimate apartment speaker for someone who can't turn it up very loud and likes to listen late and night, you can really enjoy these at very low levels.  Anyway I just wanted to put my enthusiasm on public record, if you are thinking of pulling the trigger do it and also give them some time don't write them off to quickly.  I wish I had a separate space so I could always have a set of maggies ready to listen to when the mood and music was just right.  
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I’m a long time planar guy. I owned Apogee Duetta II’s since the mid 90’s. One of the woofer panels died last year, so I went on a speaker quest, and wound up with Maggie 1.7i’s.

There was nothing, and I mean nothing that sounded nearly as good at even 3x the price to my ears (except maybe the 3.7i’s).

They do need a lot of hours to start breaking in. They started to open up at around 200 hours. In my room, I took the subwoofer out as I found that I really didn’t need it, and the bass sounded slow and heavy with the traditional sub. I’m considering adding in their bass panels for the 2 channel system.

I have heard the LRS, and they definitely give you an accurate taste of what the larger Maggies can do.

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