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Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ?

With all the hype about magnepan’s new LRS, I am wondering if anyone has compared them to the slightly bigger and slightly more expensive .7 or even the 1.7i?  (I assume they are better than the MMGi that they are replacing, so no comments about these two are necessary.)

I suspect they are new enough that there may not have been many chances for such a comparison.  

So, lacking a side by side, I wonder if anyone who heard them at Axpona or otherwise (I was only there Friday and missed them) is familiar enough with the other Maggies to offer comments/thoughts/opinions between the LRS, .7, and 1.7i.  Comments from dealers who sell Maggies are welcome.

finally, brief conversation with one area dealer suggests they will be more of a factory direct item that he will not carry, while another area dealer hoped to get a pair but did not know the time frame. Has anyone heard a more definitive story on availability?
meiatflask
rankaudio
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Just saw the planar asylum. What a mess. I can’t help but wonder what’s going on in ones mind making a site such a clusterf...... disaster. 
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noble100
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Hello rankaudio,

       I don't totally disagree with you about the planar asylum being a cluster but I can cut to the chase for you:
       No matter which Magnepans one decides to purchase, they're going to sound better with a single good quality sub, about twice as good with dual good quality subs and near state of the art with a good quality 4-sub distributed bass array (DBA) system.  I make this claim solely based on accumulated knowledge and pertinent personal experience.

Best wishes,
     Tim
rankaudio
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Tim, thanks for the input. I just picked up the .7 and I'm playing them now with my Bob Latino Dynaco ST-70 which has great current. I'm also using an Aretha tube preamp. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! I'm am absolutely blown away! The amp drives them with ease like it's nothing! The sound is so tight, solid, warm, detailed and incredibly controlled. I'm speechless at how amazing this system sounds! Regards, ---angel
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noble100
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Hello Angel,

    Excellent! I'm glad you're digging it so much.

    Wow, I had no idea you were using an all tube setup with a Bob Latino Dynaco ST-70 amp, KT88 or EL34? Stock tubes? It's amazing that 40 w/ch can drive the .7 so well. I'd love to hear your combo.  Very cool!

Enjoy,
Tim
rankaudio
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Tim,
Appreciate the kind words and suggestions on subs. Got a pair of REL T5i’s but haven’t set them up with .7’s just yet. Honestly I’m quite pleased even now with the bass on the Maggie’s but I have much to learn. Today I spoke to Wendell at Magnepan to commend them on their performance. Yes I’m running KT88’s on the ST-70 and Tung-Sol 6SL7 GT tubes on the Aretha. The Dynaco drives the .7’s really strong with ease in fact once I roll the volume just pass the 9 o’clock position it really sings. I did have it actually tested at 36 watts per channel but I think it has tons of current. It weighs a ton. I played Melody Gardot and dropped my jaw in disbelief! Her voice sounds super crisp and clean and the overall instruments sound very transparent and holographic like. My room acoustic are unusual because I don’t have any straight walls except for one wall with curtains as it’s an A frame house so all the walls are slanted. I did hear the .7 in the stores treated sound room with some $25,000 dollars worth of mono amps but for some reason I think the setup I have with my tubes actually sounded better. I realize it’s not a fair comparison with two different rooms but I can say I’m more than impressed with how these Maggie’s perform at home using my setup. Bass is very clean too. The thing I wasn’t sure of though is whether I can connect my REL’s to the 4ohm taps. 
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