After many years and many different systems i am finally settled in and am very happy, although i do look into some rare systems every now and then. Feel free to leave a comment :-)
New Ribbons from Apogee Acoustics Australia. Installation by Frank (HIFI Burg) Zurich in Switzerland. Apogee Electronics restored by Ralf Kassel, Germany.
NAT Audio Transmitter
Transmitter 1 + 2 for the Midrange (250Hz to 9000Hz)
Transmitter 3 + 4 for the Woofer (70Hz to 250Hz)
Studer B67MKIII
Studer B67 MKIII Tape Recorder, fully serviced by ex Studer technician.
Luxman D-03
Used as a DA Converter and SACD Player
NAT Audio Symmetrical
Symmetrical Preamp, fully balanced (including circuitry) with latest Mundorf capacitors.
Lyngdorf Audio RP-1
Used in fully balanced mode to clean up the bass.
NAT Audio Xenon
Plasma Effect Power Filter
Audio Note Kits L3 Phono (Heavily modified)
External power supply balanced circuit (Engineered by R. Kassel in Germany). Now + - 0.5 db across the whole range with active MC amplification
Funk Tonstudiotechnik SAM 2C
Single Ended to Balanced Circuit system. Developed by Mr. Funk in Germany. They supply radio and television stations across Europe.
Excellent system. I own the NAT Transmitter monoblocks also. Can you detial the dimensions of the glass cylinders that surround the QB5 Output tube? I need outside diameter, inside diameter, height and wall thickness dimensions for the glass cylinder in mm.
Wow, your room looks amazing. It's nice to see those amazing Apogees get such nice complementary gear. I bet it sounds wonderful. Hang on to that Studer! Cheers,
GRAND are a dream, I' ve got a pair of Duetta Signs rebuilt and am starting on biamp experience with one Bryston XO.
I' m really lover from tubes but only use Line pre and phono pre with them because all in my test aren't enough to excite it. I'd like you share something from your way.
thank you very much. I used to own 1 ohm Scintillas as well, its actually my first Apogee Love :-) True about the tubes, i tried a lot of different amplifiers with the Grands. Solid State (Krell KSA100, KSA150, KSA250, KRS200, Sphinx 18, Sphinx 12 etc...), Class D (HCA2), Hybrids (Sphinx PJ14) and many different NAT Tube Amplifiers (SE1, SE2MKI, SE2MKII, SE3) and finally came close to giving up before spending a lot of money for the NAT Transmitters. I used to have a CAT JL1 on the Grands as well.
The blue light is the Vacuum Fluorescent Display units. Each speaker is active (8 channels of amplification) and with the remote control you can turn the speakers on, adjust the levels, rake, save presets etc...
Beautiful and intriguing system, florianw, I'd love to hear it. Coincidentally, I have Apogees (1-ohm Scintillas) driven by tubes (CAT Statement monoblocks) and an Acoustic Signature turntable (Final Tool II). It's a small club of people driving Apogees with tubes, to be sure!
What are the blue lights at the bottom of your speakers? Looks very cool, but I know there's more to it than that.
