I appreciate your comment audio bill! I visited a friend who purchased a pair of LRS+'s earlier this year and to me the openness and air qualities sounded better than my 3.5R's. I'm sure the 20.7's are light-years better than what I'm use to but, just as I would never buy a car without driving it first, I really don't want to spend the kind of money Magnepan wants for the 20.7's without first hearing what I'd be getting.
I'm driving the 3.5's with a QSC GX-5 amplifier - spec'ed at 700 w/per channel at 4 ohms - and there isn't a hint of distortion. The original internal cooling fan on the amp was a bit noisy, so I replaced it with one much quieter. Also, I did send my 3.5's back to Magnepan for refurbishment about 3-4 years ago. The hardest part of doing so was being without them for about 6-7 weeks - pure aural torture!
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