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AMR LS-77 full range monitors

Hi All, I've just ordered myself a AMR AM-77 and a CD-777 and I'm thinking of ordering the LS-77's too. I'm currently running a pair of ML SL3 and I'm not expecting them to sound very flash with the the AM-77. Previously I had a pair of avantgarde duos and a yamamoto A-08s and while I like the ML's ( run by a Plinius SA250 ), I'd like to go more in the direction of the speed, accuracy and imaging that the Duos used to give me ( well I thought so anyway ). So my question is has anone got any real world experience of the AMR LS-77 . I've read as many of the reviews as I can find on the web and it sounds like a move in the right direction but It'd be good to hear some user thoughts. Thanks everyone and all the best for the festive season.
borg7x9
toddnkaya
493 posts
 
Congratulations on your new speakers!! I see they go down to 26Hz! Man, the bass must be thunderous. How do the highs sound?, as I have never listened to this type of tweeter. Is the retail price $8500 for the pair?
Enjoy!
mordante
511 posts
 
On a Dutch website the list price is €12,900.
bpwalsh
1,207 posts
 
For the purpose of clarification, the speakers retail for $13,500 the pair.
Dealer disclaimer.
borg7x9 OP
91 posts
 
Hi all, thanks for your comments. I've still not set the speakers up properly yet. At the moment they are sitting on oak cones about 250mm off the floor on a concrete hearth. I've run them in for the reccommended 100hrs at -12db on the AM-77 ( mono signal, white noise with speakers facing each other to cancel out the noise).

My impression is that they are still fairly bright with not a lot of bass. They have smoothed out somewhat and they are doing somethings extraorinarilly well. My room is huge about 90sqm so perhaps the bass is getting a little lost. It still remains to be seen, when I've eventually set them up, how they work in my room. Consensus is that they will take around 500hrs of playing to really settle down. The speakers are like works of art in their own right so I'm prepared to bare with them, they have had some great reviews and I'm hoping things improve more.

Having said all that I'm very much enjoying them now and they've certainly taken me where I wanted to go.... a more " detailed " presentation than the martin logans I was using. Thanks for your interest. I'll let you know how I go.

FYI local rrp is over 20k New Zealand Dollars
chayro
2,999 posts
 
Borg - as a long-time fan of standmounts, I can tell you that the stand is absolutely crucial to the sound of the speaker, especially the bass response. Don't even think about evaluating them when haphazardly placed on various shelves in your home. Ask your dealer or AMR which stands they recommend and purchase a pair or something similar. Otherwise, IMO, you've wasted your money.
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