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Magnepan's new LRS?

A brief blurb in Stereophile online (by Herb Reichert reporting from AXPONA 2019) gave accolades to Magnepan's new LRS. The local authorized dealer is not carrying it for unclear reasons (at least, the decision to not offer that model wasn't explained to me when I asked directly about it). Have any Forum readers had an opportunity to audition these and, if so, what's your opinion?
Thanks,Keith
kacomess
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bdp24
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Keith, planars are notorious for being difficult to measure (that's why Magnepan doesn't send Stereophile products to review). Those who measure them the same way they do drivers-in-a-box loudspeakers, and then listen to confirm their measurements, are bound to find fault.

The best things an LRS owner can do to maximize their sound is: 1- get them 5' in front of the wall behind them if possible, 3' minimum. 2- feed them as much power as is reasonably possible (200w/ch is good). 3- augment them with a sub or four. The Rythmik and GR Research subs are finding favour with Maggie owners: the OB/Dipole if you're a fanatic, the F12, F12G, or F15 if you're not.

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I'm interested in reading Audiogon comments from technically sophisticated reviewers on that Audio Science thread.
That might be difficult. I get the sense that not many people here take ASR seriously. (And I'm trying to be kind about it.)
snapsc
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I’d have to say that having spent a few hours with the 1.7is at a dealer’s store... and 20 minutes with the .7s at the Florida Audio Show... there are some things they do that are really really good. In both cases, the bass down to maybe 50/60 hz was good... mid bass and midrange almost a hologram. 

 I didn’t particularly care for the very small listening window... but that is just my preference. 

It is unfortunate that ASR doesn’t take the approach of concluding with something like...”our measurements don’t correspond with what people are hearing so as a next step we will try to figure out what we are missing... what measurements we might be missing”.
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jjss49: No, the review in ASR didn't alter my opinion. As I wrote, the technical analysis was beyond comprehension so I read the OP's conclusion and scanned the remaining 28 pages of posts for enlightenment...that insight never arrived. The purpose of my post here was to get Audiogon readers' perspectives on the ASR dissenting review. The one point I did take away from the entire thread was that putting the LRS back on the floor might help improve bass.

Eric: I've been moving them around a bit every week. I'm pretty satisfied with the imaging, but the bass is anemic (at best). Fortunately for me, I mostly listen to music that doesn't feature a prominent bass line but I've been routinely reading the Audiogon classified ads for used sub-woofers for sale locally.
snapsc: Until someone posted here, I'd not heard of ASR but that forum does seem to rely very heavily on measurements vs. listening.
thanks for the replies!Keith
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