Magnepan LRS+ which amps do you use ? * 100 watts or less **

Mine sound excellent with my Luxman 550axII but not so good with the Luxman LS380

I purchased the Kinki Studio EX-M1 Integrated Amplifier to drive the speakers. Additionally, I upgraded the amplifier with Stacatto opamps and removed the stock ampliers feet and replaced them with Eden Sound Bear Paw Sr. Radius brass footers

the kinki is an excellent, high value, high performance amp ...  very very good with maggies, with a very pure, clean sound, effortless dynamics and tremendous grip, sound slightly on the yin side of neutral

i put sparkos op amps in mine, a very nice (and easy) mod

I have the original LRS, about 2 years old. Have used the Primaluna dialogue premium HP power amp.  The HP is the “bigger” Primaluna, about 70 wpc using 4 EL34s per channel. I could not be happier as I believe the Maggie’s are perfect with EL34 tube amps. The HP was replaced by the EVO series, but I have seen them used for $2500 ish.

I am using the Starke Sound Fiera 4 Class D 4-ch amp. It is spec’d at 260 W/ch with all Ch driven but it can be bridged so that pushes its output to over 400 w/ch. It is a terrific match for the LRS+ speakers. Mine is barely warm after hours of use. The match is synergistic and the sound is nothing short of spectacular. And here’s the thing: The amp is priced at $999 on their website. Nothing out there touches this amp in terms of price/performance.  

A coupla things…

i just received my pair of the LRS+ on Saturday this past weekend after waiting three months for them to arrive. Late last year I picked up a pair of original MMG’s to replace a pair of Thiel CS2.4’s - my other preferred speaker manufacturer. I’ve moved through many different models made by either over the years and now, that I’m older, wiser, semi-retired, I’ve decided to settle with Magnepan for keeps. 
 

I purchased a pair of Magna-Riser stands for the MMG’s not long after I got them since the woefully inadequate original equipment stands are a cruel joke. I waited a few months for them to arrive, and if only for aesthetics they’re a worthwhile investment. They’re better looking than the optional stands Magnepan is now offering for the LRS+, and I think they cost about the same - $300ish. Even better, they fit the LRS+ as well. 
 

One immediate takeaway from my first listening experience with the LRS+ was how good the original MMG’s are.  While not a side by side comparison, I was able to suss out the differences - and they’re small differences - between the two in me head. The original MMG is still no slouch in providing impressive sonics. 
Pretty commendable for a pair of speakers that cost $600 when new. 
 

My setup is simple, a Belles 250i Mosfet integrated amplifier, (solid state power with a tubed preamp) an Aurender N100H 2TB server, a cheap-seats Pro-Ject turntable, a Cayin disc transporter, a couple of cheap-seats Schiit DACS, and an equally cheap-seats Pro-Ject tube phono stage. The only thing I’m considering upgrading at this point is a DAC, and I’m pretty much honed in on getting a used Chord Qutest model. I also use a Furman conditioner. 
 

There is little to no information available anywhere on the specs for the integrated, but I’ll wager that it’s 125/250 into 8ohms/4ohms. I’ve written to Power Modules, David Belles current company, to no avail. As for my dedicated listening room, it’s 24 feet long by 14 feet wide, with a ceiling that slopes from 9 feet to 17 feet at the apex. One the left, about four feet from a speaker is a wall, on the right the next wall is 12 feet away. I sit about ten-twelve feet from the setup. 
 

My second impression with the LRS+ is that it starts to improve when the amp is warmed up. That’s pretty much true for any amp I guess. The speakers were setup about two feet from the rear wall, roughly 8-9 feet apart. To my humble ears they sound best at two feet from the rear wall. 
 

I’m a happy camper.