Apogee Scintilla Power

Thanks for the Wolcott tip! While i am certainly a tube fan with some really great sounding older CJ tube amps i am going to try to make SS work for the Scintillas. Certainly much debate around which is better and attributes for each i value. The apogee ribbons really do respond to control which is why the H2O class D of Henry Ho’s is so highly regarded. I read somewhere that Bob Carver has some new tube designs set up for hard loads (like 1 ohm Scintilla). Something tells me this could be a really good option if within reach financially. 

Class D has to use a filter at the output to get rid of the switching noise. This filter has to be designed to accommodate a certain impedance. Pretty sure that 1 ohm is not a consideration. Most are set up for 4 ohms. Its not that the amp may not be able to drive the load, simply that the filter isn't set up to do its job on such a low impedance.

Having heard this speaker with tubes, 'control' isn't the issue. 

Good point on the Class D. Whatever Henry Ho created with his H2O amplifiers he definitely designed them to work with 1 ohm Scintillas. Cannot speak to the exact design elements. 

Control, was the wrong term regarding tubes on the ribbons.  I can say that when I biamp my Apogee Duetta signatures I use my CJ Premier 11a on the high end and it is an unbelievable combination. I wish the Premier 11A sounded as good on my, Scintillas. The Scintillas have a more complex ribbon for the high end which includes additional ribbons for midrange. Maybe just not enough power at 70wpc. Still have not given up with this approach for, Scintillas. Obviously with biamping with passive crossovers everything has to be gain matched.

Hi,
Krell KMA-100, with short lengths of Siltech speaker cable was a very good result back then.
Sell the Scintillas unless you have placed a bet with yourself.

Thanks for the advice and there is quite a bit of old discussion around Krell, etc. Looking for reliability and more modern approach. SS or tubes. Maybe Pass Labs. Great but expensive. 

Sorry, as noted in the opening of this thread the Scintillas are not for sale (or the subs I needed before the Scintillas that have been repurposed in friends systems) or my Duetta Signatures, or my Dynaco A25’s or my Polk SDA’s or my Klipsch LaScala’s and old BGW and Crown stuff and.....a long list of audio brilliance in its own way....what a great hobby.....or should i say great affliction. 

 Actually maybe I do have a problem should have a sale.....:).

The only thing i “bet” is that some people may like my stereo system and some may not...and depending on my mood and the barometric pressure i can tend to vary on my satisfaction level as well......:)