Maggie LRS so ridiculously good


I ordered a set of the LRS just to be able to say I have lived with Maggies at least once.  I've had a lot of speakers and some big dog expensive ones like Kef Blade and Revel Salon 2 to name a couple.  These 650 dollar LRS bring as much enjoyment as anything I've ever heard in so many ways.  They don't love hard driving music for sure but for quiet listening or mellow type music they will give you transcendent moments.  I swear they are breaking in or something and becoming a little more dynamic than when brand new.  These have to be one of the greatest hifi bargains of all time.  My 30 watt Pass 30.8 drives them well.  I had 3.6 maggies many years ago and I snubbed them, thought they were so compressed sounding but maybe I was wrong or not using the right amp.  These are just wow and so impressive what you can get for the money.  I have a feeling a killer amp is a big part of the equation with these but even with a Naim Uniti Atom in a smaller space these are still awesome.  This has to be the ultimate apartment speaker for someone who can't turn it up very loud and likes to listen late and night, you can really enjoy these at very low levels.  Anyway I just wanted to put my enthusiasm on public record, if you are thinking of pulling the trigger do it and also give them some time don't write them off to quickly.  I wish I had a separate space so I could always have a set of maggies ready to listen to when the mood and music was just right.  
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I could never get a subwoofer to integrate with my Magnepans. Their bass panels are right for full bass as you will get from an orchestra.
@drbarney1 You're on point with regards to acoustical bass frequencies for orchestral / symphonic recordings, which I own a plethora of. For other genres, however, a fast small subwoofer is a "nice to have" with the LRS -- as larger Maggies don't need one.
Today I'm wondering: I recently mentioned my decades-old thoughts of a Quad ESL/sub system.

Does anyone have the breadth of experience to comment on the LRS vs. the original Quad when paired with an appropriate sub?  I've never heard either combination, although, of course, I've listened to the Quads without sub.  The price of the LRS is so reasonable it begs the question.
Agree with Kaco’s post
Really like these and I actually feel the bass is for the most part adequate, especially for classical music. If I want to be blown away by The Wall for instance, then my Crites speakers fit the bill.
If the bass is adequate or not from LRS/MMG?

I have the all the stuff for measuring with a calibrated microphone. Running sweeps for a couple of years now on my and several audiophiles friends requests.

For the old MMG in my room setup far from walls. I see that the frequency response goes down to ~50hz there it is dropping like a rock.. So MMG in my room is not playing anything below 50 Hz.

Yes, I could also say that "oh, it works for X type of music." BEFORE I knew better..

How can i know that playing down to 50 Hz is not enough?!

I have integrerated with a DSP, measurements and for example correction with PEQ with other things, that DSP is only controling my two 18" open baffle with a separate amplifier.

Even when it is only the bass and it amplifier that the DSP is controlling.
That DSP is doing 6 DIFFERENT duties/optimizations! (No DSP on the MMG)

But to get to the chase. I can then enable the bass amplifier and not the amplifier to the MMG. So I can clearly only hear what music content there is in the bass despite:
1. The crossover point is in the low range of 53 Hz and below
2. At 53 Hz it is a very steep slope of 48 dB/octave

So more or less only playing frequencies below that the MMG can not create and nothing else I can TODAY say with confidence.

That there IS stimulating music information EVEN on a Jazz trio (acoustical instruments!).
And on LP for example that everybody knows "Dark side of the moon" and we know there in the background there is a low rumbling "hart beat" sound.

Yeye everyone has heard that you say.. But actually there is several more "hart beats" sounds that is lower in level AND on couple more tracks than you probably did not know of. When those is not apparent and not played by a normal system.
Yes there is more on the d a r k side.. ;)
(And that on a LP!)

(Remember my subwoofers plays lower than my cartridge and tonearm resonance frequency! So you guys and girls that know what a rumble filter is can as you already suspect understand that it is much needed. My DSP is doing that duty also when it is needed during LP playback..)

But those MMG are gold! They can do THINGS that I never had heard a speaker do.


I now have a pair of LRS speakers - and looking back at these comments amaze me that some have paired 30 watts / 60 watts with these speakers and getting good results!

There was I looking for a Hegel H190 or H200 to power them with.

Have any of you chaps still got the little LRS or moved on?