Which Hegel Amp with LRS+

Thanks @audiojan & @yyzsantabarbara  for the input.

That's certainly interesting @avanti1960 ​​​​​. Have you heard the LRS with the Hegel by any chance?

Thanks very much for your feedback @jjss49 ​​​. My room is slightly smaller than yours. Given the chance, would you upgrade your Hegel to the H390 or rather spend the money on additional sub woofers, a better set of power / speaker cables (only applicable to believers 😁) or a better source?

 ​​@audiotroy that would be great but I am not in the US. Sorry. 

Now that I have heard the LRS+ with my very powerful CODA #16 and KC62 sub. I recommend as much power for the LRS+. The CODA #16 is great with the LRS+.

Audio Excellence did a video on the LRS which identified Hegel as a good match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJdKld_2bCc

I would suggest that, if money isn't a consideration, get the most powerful amp you can afford the 390 or 590. However, the 190 is probably fine.

It's amusing that when someone asks which Hegel amp would be best, you get responses about other amps. There are lots of other amps that would work. Heck, I drove the LRS well with an ancient HK SS amp. 

My responses were not about getting a CODA amp or Peachtree amp. It was how my amps sounded at specific power levels with the LRS+. My conclusion was the more power (or current) the better the sound. So, in the Hegel lineup I would go for the 590.

depends on size of room and how loud you want to play the lrs’s

h190 under most normal use cases will be quite sufficient, but h390 obviously provides a greater (but perhaps unnecessary) degree of headroom on transients

in my own case, i found the h190 worked just fine with my 1.7i’s in a 19x23x10 room, speakers 3.5 ft up from front wall, 10 ft equilateral listening triangle, 85-88 db peaks, no strain, no foreshortening of the soundstage when pushed (a typical sign of lack of headroom)