I have a Class D stereo amp designed by the late Tommy O'Brien which I've had for 2 years. I am not what very experienced with a lot of Gear and what they sound like. Having said that I home auditioned a set of LRS+ over a weekend. They probably only had maybe 35 hours on them. The Cherry amp with the Freya+ was I believe very nice. Big sound stage which was detailed, not etched. The LRS+ with Rythmik F12SE sub. GREAT. By the 400 watts into 4 ohm.
Warmer class D amps for magnepan?
I am planning on buying a pair of lrs+, and i need a poweramp. I am well aware that class D is despised in the magnepan community, but its unwarranted. Nuforce and the new purifi amps are designed to handle 2 ohm loads, and have been used to power Maggies without falt. My only concern is they will kinda rip my head off if i play any less than perfect recording on them. I’m aware that all modern magnepans are unforgiving, but can be tamed with a smoother amplifier. So why not class A or AB? Unfortunately, i simply dont have the space for the ones that are actually rated at 2 ohms (the lrs is around 3.5ohm, but dips to 2.8, it MUST be able designed to handle a 2 ohm load). Also, any one of them that does go up on sale, the owners almost always refuse to ship them, and want you to pick it up in person (for which i dont have the resources to do so). So I ask if there are any smoother, more forgiving class D poweramps (not intergrated models) that you are sure will power magnepans correctly. They can be discontinued, as i will be buying it used regardless, so anything from 2008 to 2018 would be preferable and my budget is around €2000, so say $2500. Thank you.
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