Digital loveHello Muralman1, Mapman,my two favorite super heroes. One should be careful joking about such things on these pages. It could be true! I havent had any hate mail from the Apogee owners club so ... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveMost of you who look through these pages will probably know I have always been a planar speaker lover. Today, while I am obviously keeping my beloved Apogees, I move to Avantgarde Trios...Y... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveNew Ref 1000mrk2 Bel cantos! What a great company. Bettering an already astonishing amp. What next? posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveI have been trying out the equibit amplifier technology from Lyngdorf over the last few days.First impressions are of more air in the treble than the ICE power amps.(Not the new ICE2 boards... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Muralman,You must be lucky today, no shark attacks yet!The Avantgarde Trio is daft for most normal sized rooms I would agree. But I also know a few women who think the Apogee is daft... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveMapman,I have tried the Avantgarde Uno and know it pretty well. I have heard the Duo many times too. They are good with palpable midrange, but the bass can suffer depending on the room and ... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveIt is true. They are soooo big that if you had them at home in a smallish room, people would think you were insane. Also they do excite the room quite a lot. Room correction helps here, but... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Mapman,I have to say I think you could kill your hearing easily with them.You could even have a go at reproducing the sound of the space shuttle taking off! It is not only the power ... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveindeed. I would love to have them in the studio. The worry would be if there was a problem. Like one of the dacs sending 0db of white noise which has happened to me a couple of times. That wakes yo... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveThis week I have been lucky enough to spent time with some very fine speaker systems. From the Cabasse Sphere, through various Apogees, B&W 801ds, ATC, Wilson system 8, and ending with the Avantgar... posted about 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveI have liked a lot of french equipment in the past. The Cabasse Sphere is the best though. I would even have a pair as sculpture, let alone for their wonderful sound.Their spacial coherence... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveYes. I told you I had the Baltic plus thor (subs) which are expensive but not madly. They also make a range called the Idea range, and in that range there is a sat plus sub which sounds ver... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Mapman,they are really very good as they should be at that level. The reality is that this philosophy will trickle down to more realistic price levels soon.I find them beautiful work... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveI had a day with the Cabasse Sphere today. A remarkable looking speaker with equally remarkable sound.I had their smaller Baltic speaker with twin subs called Thors before. So I had an idea... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveMuralman1,Its funny because Graz of Apogee believed that what I needed was a Scintilla too. He makes a Scintilla based design called the synergy. New and improved. I have heard them and spent s... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveMuralman,the Cabasse did live in my room for about 6 months I guess. Longer than most. They did rock well. The dynamics and separation were very good and had a musical warmth. There was... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Muralman,Lets not get too carried away with my audio stock, but I have worked with some great guys in the industry and am lucky enough to call some my close friends. This mornings hang over ... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveMapman,Haha... you could be right there. Although judging by some of the films I have seen lately maybe the idea has some promise! A spoof maybe?See you on the red carpet. posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveI like the idea of you guys being super hereos. If there is danger Mapman instantly finds a way out with his super map powers and then to distract the evil enemy Muralman paints a beautiful mural t... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Mapman and Muralman1,with these names I feel I am talking to some super hereos!Anyway, I know what you mean by the word smooth, although I dont think that is the correct word for the... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Murualman1,very interesting. I have done quite a bit of reading on quantum theory in the past. Particle or wave? The observing of the experiment changing the result and so on. A strange worl... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Mapman and Muralman1,These new types of amps can power speakers like the difficult to drive planar speakers. Apogees back in the 80s and 90s did suffer from the fact that there were probably... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveAfter reading some of the posts above I was struck by the accusing nature and finger pointing aspects. And thats just me! Although quite entertaining.We should be here to help each other an... posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHI Mapman,tell me what it reads and I will find you something. Wavs/Aifs/etc? posted over 17 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi mapman,The room is not bad at all. I have no real problems in the bass department really. Plenty of deep, tuneful, controlled bass with a kind of air about it with lots of texture. <... posted over 17 years ago | View comment |