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Magnepan LRS in the house!

I've been a Magnepan fan since day one. Recently I decided to trade up from my MMGs to the new LRS. I had someone hot and heavy to buy the MMGs so I let them go a few months ago and called Magnepan to order the new LRS. I was informed that in a couple months there would be a new version of the LRS called LRS+. So I decided to wait on the order and see early reviews. The reviews are way over the top! Some are claiming the best speaker ever made! So time to order, called Magnepan and was told that the current wait was 8-10 months!!! 

 Si I ordered them and then tried to find a used pair of the older LRS to have something, Magnepan, to listen to over the winter. Luck would have it, there was a like new pair available in Colorado (I'm in Massachusetts). But I was too late...SOLD! Now it gets interesting. I posted a "Wanted To Buy" ad at US Audio Mart.....A fellow, one town over calls me and tells me he bought a pair from a guy in Colorado and when they showed up, his wife said "No Way Jose!"...Get them out of here!.....A plan made in heaven!

 He delivered them on Saturday. Sunday morning I woke up early and welded up a set of risers as I read everywhere that using risers and placing the LRS dead vertical really makes them come alive.

 Once the pain dried I set them up in the listening room.....Node2i into a Gustard X16 DAC...into a Schiit Freya...Into a Pass Labs First Watt F5v2.....

 Oh my! These are NOT older Magnepan MMGs! HUGE improvement! These speakers have bass..Well defined, tight, dynamic base! But the biggest difference is midrange vocals...Not sure the risers are the reason, but vocals are right there! No moving around. I'm still playing with placement for imaging and sound stage, but even just plopped down in the room, they are magnificient!

 Going to be a great winter!

 

rbertalotto
audiomaze
128 posts
 

rbertalloto, I like the look of your stands . Can you provide us some dimensions so we might make a pair? I'm pretty goodwill metal fab being a Ironworker fo 36 years. 

Audiomaze 

rbertalotto OP
138 posts
 

All the dimensions are right here...Good Luck

 

 

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dbphd
1,624 posts
 

Re the big subs: They are what I use with the KEF Reference 1s and are setup so I’m unaware of them except when they provide something like the vibration associated with low pipe organ notes. I plan to just move speaker cables.

Re the high pass filters: I ordered fixed 80 Hz 24 dB/octave passive balanced filters from Marchand after consulting with Ayre. My previous experience with active high-pass had not been satisfactory, and I was admonished by Charles Hansen about putting anything between the preamp and amp because of the zero negative feedback design.

Maybe audio maze or rbertalloto can make a pair of stands for me while they’re at it.

db

allenf1963
290 posts
 

@richopp 

I agree with every comment you made.  I also have never thought the price tag matches the "quality" for MANY of the consumer products bought and sold over the history of commerce...especially in the automotive, electronics, and "bling" categories.  I was just initially really surprised at the low cost (low in my humble opinion -- $995 may just as well be $1 million to other members) considering the unreal prices I see on many products highlighted on this site.  It pleases me to know a speaker with highly reviewed sound qualities is in the reach of music fans such as my 31 and 28 year-old sons, both who are Public School teachers.

 

My first experience with Maggies was in 1978.  I arrived at my High School girlfriend's house for the first time, I was 16 and she was 15, to pick her up for a date and to meet her parents.  As I approached the front door, I heard Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" rocking the front of the house, and my eyes and libido lit up as I thought to myself, "I thought Vicki said her parents were going to be home!".  To my surprise, her Mom opened the door to greet me with her Dad sitting in his listening chair in the den, those beautiful Maggies being pushed by a McIntosh MC275 while "Paranoid" was spinning on a Thorens TD125.  Needless to say, I got along with her parents VERY well.

audiomaze
128 posts
 

Thanks rbertalotto for sharing the info.I  have everything at hand in my scrap pile. Nice to have you as a member. 

Lou Hall (aka Audiomaze)

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