parker65310
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| Ribbon Tweeters and Animal Hair Got to love the extreme intrusiveness of advertising these days. I’m reading these threads and along the bottom is a pop-up advertisement for sticky rollers for pet hair removal. Hardly a coincidence! | |
| Looking for a tube Preamp new or used for under $2000... +1 for BAT. I have a BAT VK-600 solid state amp paired with BAT VK-6i tube preamp. I love the combination of the heft of my class A amp with the relative warmth of a tube preamp. You can get pretty close to your $2k budget for an older, but excell... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I have an original pair of Apogee Duetta II Signature Series speakers my dad originally bought in the late ‘80. I’m getting them completely rebuilt/upgraded in the next few months and will never replace them. I can’t imagine better speakers. | |
| Apogee Duetta II Signature Crossover Caps Recommendations You’re welcome. Feel free to message me privately if preferred. Same goes to anyone else looking for specific info that may not be appropriate for a public forum. No need to track it all down yourself when I’ve already done countless hours of my o... | |
| Apogee Duetta II Signature Crossover Caps Recommendations Hi Richard, from scratch you should roughly expect to pay $2,500 for all of the needed ribbons, acoustic foam, front and back socks, and wiring kit (for mid/high ribbons which includes (much improved from original) tension clamps) and Bill’s labor... | |
| Finally found THE SPEAKER!!! @richmos - nice to hear. I actually bought a BAT VK-225SE for me dad to power his ML hybrids. I was very impressed with the sound quality and the BAT pack tech has really been upgraded for those moments when a jolt of extra current it required. Ve... | |
| Apogee Duetta II Signature Crossover Caps Recommendations I know True Sound Works is legit. I have come across a fair number of Apogee owners over the years that were all raving about the quality of workmanship and were surprised with the improvements across the frequency spectrum from the originals. The... | |
| Some DACs I am Considering-Any thoughts? I too have the MHDT Orchid and love it. At your price point I would look at the Pagoda balanced ($2360 with the TungSol 2C51 tube). I ordered mine with that tube (they also include the base tube) and love it’s sound characteristics (warm, but not ... | |
| Apogee Duetta II Signature Crossover Caps Recommendations I’ve been researching and cultivating knowledge around these speakers for quite a while. There was a Duetta and a Duetta II Signature Series built by Apogee. The latter was their last model with much better crossovers (there was also a German vers... | |
| Finally found THE SPEAKER!!! Your characterization of these speakers certainly sounds plausible. My Apogees are magnetostatic ribbon speakers (all magnets and ribbons) and they too can do it all. There truly are few full range ribbon speakers producers. Typically they are pre... | |
| Apogee Duetta II Signature Crossover Caps Recommendations I’ll add as well that I’ve never detected any midrange graininess. They have always sounded great throughout the frequency range. I’m listening to Bob Seger at the moment and I’m still astounded by how lively and energetic they sound with incredib... | |
| Apogee Duetta II Signature Crossover Caps Recommendations Thanks for the info. I’m actually getting mine completely redone by one of Graz’s two U.S trained/authorized shops in the U.S. - Music Technology in Virginia. The other shop is True Sound Works in Nevada. Bill Thalmann @ Music Technology is very s... | |
| RIP Tony Rice Really weird. I was just listening to Pizza Tapes just two days ago. I absolutely love their recording of Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door. Probably my favorite of all time. If it weren’t for too much dialog at times on some of the tracks Pizza Tapes wou... | |
| Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital" I’m willing to bet that more often than not audiophiles that greatly favor records over digital, particularly cds due to their general availability since basically Avalon was released (first cd my dad bought at a shop that used to exist in Evergre... | |
| Can speakers cause mental illness? kenjit I’m so sorry that you’ve only made bad decisions in this hobby that have led you to such unhappines. I’ve had my Apogee Duetta Signature Series II full range dipole ribbon speakers since bought new in the 90’s and I couldn’t be happier. The... |