Apogee Duetta vs Mangnepan 3.6r

You cannot go wrong with the Apogee Duetta Signatures you can get replacement parts from Apogee Acoustics of Australia They will not sell the bass ribbon to you direct but they do have two authorized repair stations that can intall the bass panels. You can change the Tweeter Ribbon easily and that part can be purchased directly from Graz of Apogee Acoustics of Australia. The Duetta Signatures with the right amp will kill the Magnepans 3.6s. I just sold my Duetta Signatures which I have owned for 5 years to upgrade to Apogee Divas. I have not had a chance to set up the Divas yet but I will find out soon if the Divas are better in my system and room. I have listened to many planar speakers and the Apogee's are far better than any of the Magnepans. The only Magnepans I really could get into are the 20.0 or 20.1. which are huge but have the right tonal balance, image like planar speakers should and are truly amazing speakers but still no Apogee.

I do not think Dschultz never really got hear a set of Duetta signatures the way I have. A close friend owns a local audio store in Albuquerque, and sells Magnepans and we have tried very hard to make a pair of 3.6 sound better than my old Duetta signatures. The Bass on the 3.6 is tubby at best with no dynamics. We tried many different amp set-ups and we could not get the 3.6 to match the Duetta Signatures wide open, deep sound stage. The Magnepans tonal balance was not even close to the D's. The bass on the D's is tight deep and fast, the midrange is smooth and 3 dimensional, The highs are fast, smooth, and extended. I tried for days to get the Magnepans to sound as good or better but I could not do it. I wanted to buy a new set of 3.6 because I wanted to support my friend's store, and a warranty would also be nice, but the Apogee Duetta Signatures just simply sounded significantly better.