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Apogee Scintilla Value?

I have been offered these just by chance in a casual conversation about other gear. The gentleman has said these are rebuilt and are for sale for $4800. I'm not sure what version they are and if one of these (3?) versions is more desirable and or valuable then the others. I do need more info on these from the seller but right now I'm just kicking the tires.
Then there are many issues with this like shipping 2000 miles which will cost at least $500 and those fragile ribbons. And then there are my amp issues. I have a Mac MC-7200, Kell KAV-500 and a Sunfire Cinema Grand which is "load invariant". I suspect that none of these will suffice although I need to research that Sunfire. I have issues!!!!
The Bluebook is crazy with one sold 7 years ago for $5200 and then one sold for $2000 and then $11,000 for the most recent pair. Are these really worth $11K? I have Martin Logan Prodigies now and I wonder if it will be that much of an upgrade.
What do you think?
skeepowder

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dlcockrum
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I once had and still love Apogees and have two friends with Scintillas. If the restoration was done here then they will be tip-top:

http://www.truesoundworksaudio.com/apogee-restoration.html

If you do buy them, do NOT ship them through UPS or FedEx. I bought a pair of Duetta Signatures a few years back and UPS completely destroyed them. Covers broken, magnets torn loose, coils handing from wires, totally annihilated. Took six months of ugliness to finally get them to pay on the claim.

They are brutal on amplifiers so you will need something rated down to one ohm. Not many of those out there and they are not cheap.

Best of luck to you,
Dave
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