LRS+, Schiit Kara, Benchmark AHB2, Oppo 205

by snapsc on LRS+magnepanPass labs

Description


As of April 2024

This is a simple system that happens to sound really good.  The speakers are 9' apart and 10' from the listening position...tweeters are located on the out side and the speakers are 4' from the rear wall and firing straight ahead.  

The room a very large open concept room, 1200 square feet with 10' ceilings.  It is tile on concrete with drywall and glass sliders construction with no treatments, but there is a rug between the speakers and listening position. There is 21' of open space behind the listening position to the rear wall.
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Room Details

Dimensions: 40’ × 30’  X large
Ceiling: 10’

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    • Magnepan LRS+
    The Magnepan LRS+ replaced the Spatial Audio M3 Sapphires which replaced the Salk Veracity STs...all amazing in their own right.

    The Maggies run full range and are helped by the PSA 15" sealed sub crossed at 80hz.  My room is very live so I'm using a 0.25 ohm resistor on the tweeters...the 1 ohm resistor provided by Magnepan dulls the top end substantially.  The tweeters are positioned on the outside.

    Imaging, clarity, tone and dimensionality are really good.

    https://magnepan.com/products/magnepan-lrs-1
    • OPPO 205 Disc Player
    The DAC in the 205 - a classic and still one of the best.  I'm using it as both player, dac and preamp connected directly to the amplifier; amazing clarity, tonality & soundstage.
    • Schiit Audio Kara Preamp
    The Kara is a really good sounding preamp.  No, I don't like the power switch on the back...but I do like the pass through mode, the gain stage with 0 gain mode and the 12db gain mode.  No, clicks, pops or other sounds through the speakers when the amp is on.  Tremendous detail and depth.  Two thumbs up!
    • Benchmark Media Systems AHB2
    I bought a pair of these amps, but with the Magnepans, one amp run in stereo sounds better than two run in mono, so I sold one of them.  The best amp I've owned to date;  dead quiet, totally revealing, massive soundstage, pinpoint imaging, zero harshness, beautiful piano and plenty of power.
    • Power Sound Audio S1500 Subwoofer
     This is a 15" sealed subwoofer...a hidden gem, fast, deep and great tone.  It is currently sitting on the sidelines as the Sapphires don't really need any bottom end support.
    • Pangea Audio Power Cable Ac 14se
    Power Cables for Oppo, Pass & Power Sound Audio
    • Home Crafted Speaker Cables

    I used fshielded ofc cable, 4 wire, crossed the opposite 14awg wires to create 11awg legs and then attached Sewell 2 screw bananas.  These cables sound as good as any commercial cable I've ever tried.

    • 10 Audio Mogami XLR cables
    These are beautifully made, flexible cables that sound great in my system.

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I have owned Digital Amplifier amps from the beginning including the Cherry. I now have Tommy’s Golden Cherry mono blocks. They are very articulate . Your comments are solidifying my decision to by a used pair of Salk Verasity HT3’s. I have a pair of Quad 63’s And Ohm 3000’s. This gives me three very different speaker systems.

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