I had those back in the day. The sun fires will drive them pretty well. Big soundcraftsmen amp is what you want for something cheap to run them. Like a 5002 If you can find a used krell fbp series those will make the scintilla sing.
Apogee Scintilla Power
I know this is an old topic but here in 2019 has anyone come across any “new” ideas for driving Scintilla 1 ohm’s? Just looking for some options. The obvious ones i know/heard of are old Krell, H2O, Lamm (big money) and some pretty wild european amps? I currently have a pair of Sunfire 300’s (with Scintilla mod) that actually sound pretty good and it is amazing what Bob Carver achieved here but looking for the next step. Thanks for any ideas. No need telling me to sell my Scintilla’s.....:). I am all in and really do like the Apogee stuff. Maybe its nostalgic or the journey. Thanks very much.
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Other than the one ohm load, that speaker is otherwise reasonably efficient and easy to drive. The only time I heard a pair was at a reveiwer's house with our 100 watt MA-1 amplifiers using a set of autoformers to accommodate the load. There was plenty of power and it sounded quite nice. So if you wanted to use tubes, you could get a set of ZEROs (www.zeroimpedance.com) to help the amp out with the load. |
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