In Reply to: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong posted by trioderob on October 23, 2021 at 22:10:18:
The guru of objective audio reviewing has not good things to say about the LRS. :)
"The Magnepan LRS is a hugely flawed speaker with moments of delight. If I could control what you listen to, e.g. in an audio show or dealer room, I could convince you it is much better speaker than it is. The best way I can explain this is that the designers solved 30% of the physics of building a speaker, and threw you in there to solve the rest! You take on the job of spending what must be a lifetime messing with location, tilt, EQ, etc. to get sound that is good for more than a few select tracks.
I am confident a better job can be done than what we see in LRS. Maybe making the panels smaller causes the beaming and interference patterns worse. I don't know. What I do know that this is not a product finished and fit for use by a consumer.
I wonder how much simulation and in field analysis was performed as I have shown here. Doesn't seem like much was done to find and remove issues with this speaker.
Needless to say, I can't recommend the Magnepan LRS."
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- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - Davey 10/24/2110:56:24 10/24/21 (44)
- Lots of colorful graphs showing planar response and reviewer says that's bad - Edp 10:21:49 10/27/21 (0)
- My only take out there is that - Stale 11:48:07 10/24/21 (11)
- So who know how to *measure* planars? - Feanor 04:02:48 10/27/21 (6)
- probably a huge anechoic room - DrChaos 15:31:41 10/29/21 (4)
- New Diptyque Audio is King of.. - tincup 14:10:07 11/2/21 (3)
- RE: New Diptyque Audio is King of.. - tincup 18:56:42 11/2/21 (2)
- The Most Realistic Planet - Ferrous Oxide 20:53:38 11/2/21 (1)
- RE: Diptyque Audio Perfection ??? - tincup 10:43:59 11/3/21 (0)
- Maybe no one can measure them, perhaps not even Magnepan. But why should anyone care ? - peppy m. 08:59:03 10/28/21 (0)
- RE: My only take out there is that - Davey 20:47:20 10/24/21 (0)
- Or...- - E-Stat 19:59:53 10/24/21 (2)
- Really? - jimbill 22:42:41 10/25/21 (1)
- Ever read his reviews? - E-Stat 05:48:18 10/26/21 (0)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - trioderob 11:36:22 10/24/21 (0)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - rivervalley817 11:17:06 10/24/21 (15)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - Davey 11:36:28 10/24/21 (14)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - rivervalley817 12:06:09 10/24/21 (13)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - Mick Wolfe 10:39:05 10/25/21 (8)
- veering off subject to Best Ever Heard speakers.... - DrChaos 14:31:13 10/26/21 (0)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - G Squared 17:09:06 10/25/21 (0)
- The best speakers I have ever heard put the musicians in the room with us: at the Apogee factory - John Marks 15:11:10 10/25/21 (4)
- RE: The best speakers I have ever heard put the musicians in the room with us: at the Apogee factory - rivervalley817 15:17:18 10/25/21 (3)
- To an extent; yes - John Marks 17:10:24 10/28/21 (2)
- RE: To an extent; yes - rivervalley817 17:52:52 10/28/21 (1)
- Imaging was judged from the driver's seat, I am told - John Marks 07:03:55 10/29/21 (0)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - rivervalley817 11:05:10 10/25/21 (0)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - RGA 18:36:25 10/24/21 (3)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - rivervalley817 19:06:04 10/24/21 (2)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - RGA 21:30:02 10/24/21 (1)
- RE: Magnepan LRS are the king of low price speakers ,,,,, prove me wrong - rivervalley817 21:59:09 10/24/21 (0)
- Well that's Amir for you ... I happily life with Magneplanars for 15+ year - Feanor 11:03:46 10/24/21 (13)
- RE: Well that's Amir for you ... I happily life with Magneplanars for 15+ year - trioderob 17:19:40 10/24/21 (12)
- RE: Well that's Amir for you ... I happily life with Magneplanars for 15+ year - Tre' 10:02:18 10/25/21 (0)
- RE: Well that's Amir for you ... I happily life with Magneplanars for 15+ year - rivervalley817 18:30:54 10/24/21 (10)
- He reminds me of one of my mentors, Julian Hirsch. Nt - viridian 08:07:46 10/25/21 (9)
- RE: He reminds me of one of my mentors, Julian Hirsch. Nt - rivervalley817 09:46:40 10/25/21 (8)
- Julian was a class act and had a great sense of humor. - viridian 09:58:40 10/25/21 (7)
- RE: Julian was a class act and had a great sense of humor. - rivervalley817 11:00:45 10/25/21 (1)
- Yes! Nt - viridian 11:13:58 10/25/21 (0)
- RE: Julian was a class act and had a great sense of humor. - Tre' 10:06:42 10/25/21 (4)
- RE: Julian was a class act and had a great sense of humor. - Bob_C 12:38:38 10/25/21 (2)
- Are you aware that... - E-Stat 16:39:04 10/25/21 (1)
- RE: Are you aware that... - Bob_C 11:28:20 10/26/21 (0)
- Thanks Tre. Nt - viridian 11:13:22 10/25/21 (0)