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Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ?

With all the hype about magnepan’s new LRS, I am wondering if anyone has compared them to the slightly bigger and slightly more expensive .7 or even the 1.7i?  (I assume they are better than the MMGi that they are replacing, so no comments about these two are necessary.)

I suspect they are new enough that there may not have been many chances for such a comparison.  

So, lacking a side by side, I wonder if anyone who heard them at Axpona or otherwise (I was only there Friday and missed them) is familiar enough with the other Maggies to offer comments/thoughts/opinions between the LRS, .7, and 1.7i.  Comments from dealers who sell Maggies are welcome.

finally, brief conversation with one area dealer suggests they will be more of a factory direct item that he will not carry, while another area dealer hoped to get a pair but did not know the time frame. Has anyone heard a more definitive story on availability?
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jetter
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I really don't seem to like the Audio Asylum format, maybe I just don't really understand it, like how to follow a thread without a million keystrokes.

Anyway, at least here on A'gon, because of how little time since their introduction, there are few, if any, user impressions.  But when you receive them please do give your impressions, I love the idea of having a pair.  Just please give them a chance to really show their true identity before giving impressions that may not be your "final answer".
jetter
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I have to laugh. Here we are thinking about ordering the LRS and what do we really know about them? Pretty much nothing but a couple of write ups by the usual reviewers. Their summary; they sound like mini magnepans. Wasn’t it just a week or two ago that the same reviewers were gushing incredible over a Klipsch bookshelf speaker as the most incredible buy at their price, and before that was the buchardt 300 and then the 400 speakers?

I came very close to ordering the buchardts, the Klipsch and had to stop myself from ordering the LRS today. Maybe, if not probably, tomorrow.
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