I don't get LRS and cheap Ayima AO7 amp

Keep in mind that the high end world is often about chasing the last few percent of performance. If you spend 10 times as much, you don't get 10 times the performance.  This is true whether one is talking about stereos, photography, cars or sports equipment, etc.  And we also can't forget the pride of ownership angle (i.e., snob appeal) that comes from owning fancy and expensive gear. Plus, some stuff is just more fun to look at than other things. 

One more thought regarding the "appearance" angle.  I had a client some years back whose only products were high-end writing pens. Their cheapest pen was $3,000, and their most expensive cost $85,000.  I don't think the pens wrote any better than what you could buy at Office Depot for a fraction of that, but their main use was as jewelry for men.  Think about it, jewelry serves no practical purpose other than appearance, yet people are willing to send thousands, tens of thousands or even millions on it.  

In audio gear, there is always the sound quality issue, but it doesn't stand there by itself.  Just as with jewelry, one can run up the price of a stereo component with what it takes to attain a certain appearance.  And that is without even discussing how the price tag can also be arbitrarily inflated just because of the brand name.  

Interesting story, I have an real nice tube amp Harbeth analogue system setup which is great. I ordered a Magnepan LRS for the goof a while back. Got it like 5 months later didnt think twice as it was put aside. I needed a cheap amp and DAC for an inceiling kitchen system. Ayimya ao7 $90 and a topping E30II $150. I hooked them up to Maganepan and I was shocked at how good it sounded. How is this possible?

I ordered 2 more A-07 amps for a surround sound, because they sounded so good (like neutral).

I dont get it.... I have heard very expensive systems 70K+ . Are we being ripped off. I am not comparing the two so lets not go down that road....but what gives....

Some believe that the speakers make more of a difference than the amp.

It is a pretty decent amp. And it’s really good for $70.
It is a no brainer to try one, and it says something that you indeed tried it.

Itis certainly better than no amplifier, and makes music just fine if the speakers do not have a wildly difficult impedance to drive.

To me it makes a lot of sense to use that amp and a decent speaker and preamp if one is on a budget… and maybe even if one is not on a budget.

Maybe, but I'm going to try the LRS with my Ayre VX-5 Twenty or Parasound JC 1 monoblocks.

I'm interested in this Aiyima amp. I bought a Tripath amp based on Rolox's recommendation. It sounds lovely with my Closer Acoustics OGY. But I wish I had more power for orchestral music. With other music it's plenty loud.