Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which?


I have a pair of LRS+ and after playing with the set-up positioning for a while I have finally found the spot where everything aspect of the sound is right apart from the treble: it is simply too high, and is tiresome after a couple of records.

But Magnepan knows it and fit a pair of sockets to allow the user to play with 10W resistors, ranged from 1 to 2 Ohm.

The resistors that come with the speakers are not the best and some users refer that they affect the sound too much.

So I wonder, what are the best resistors to fit in the LRS+ ?

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Showing 2 responses by delfincek

Hiya,

LRS+ user here from EU. These are the tweeks I made with them:

- my friend made me custom made very sturdy stands very similar to Magnarisers. I use some schematics from some American who made them and they work excellent. I still have schematics pics on my PC at home if needed. I can not find his webpage at the moment to share.

- I added 1R Mills 12W resistor - i bought them at Hifi Collective UK. You can also get them from some distributor from Poland but they are about 20€ so a bit more expensive. Mills are good and they give a bit of sweetness, warmth and also put the edge from the highs. You might also try 1R2, 1R5 as you have now or maybe even try Pathaudio resistors if you really want to experiment and see if they better the Mills. But they are expensive about 35€ a piece. I’m also curious a little bit about that to play with different values of resistors up or down and see what it brings or take away. But this is a bit expensive if you really want to try different combos.

- I bought high purity copper rod from the Aliexpress to bypass the fuse. And they cut me in a size that I needed. This link was actually made for me as I requested 32mm long ones and they fit perfectly :) https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005702709030.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.25.2c291802BTVv5M . I gained more clarity with that, but yeah do that if you know what you are doing.

- I changed the speaker wires for these which also made much smoother top end. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004369101541.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.55.2c291802BTVv5M

In my opinion the best speaker wires I ever had no matter the price. Bafore I had also some very expensive brand name so I sold those. You can wait for 11.11. sales on AE and they will be discounted for sure for about 1/3 less.

Each of these tweeks brought me bit to make LRS+ almost a perfect speakers.

BTW I drive them with Gryphon Callisto 2200 and for DAC I use Denafrips Ares II. They are supported with two REL B2 subs which they give a missing bottom end. I like them and I listen to the music the most even though in the past I had much more expensive speakers.

If you want to make a bit more full boddied presentation add some Cardas Golden Cross XLR or RCA cable in the game. But that is already a bit more costly and you need to seek for them on the second hand market as they are not produced anymore.

With best wishes, Davor.

 

Hiya,

interested to hear a feedback if you get Mills and compare it with Mundorf resistors. Also pretty much interested for feedback when you get AMR fuses and you try to upgrade the default ones.

Van Damme is used in various applications. Also Harbeth use them have their speakers too. Btw I use Van Damme Hi-Fi L-OFC on my subs connected to High Level inputs.

Best wishes, D.