So Many Apogees for sale, and so few takers

I agree with part of Viridian's post. For me I was daydreaming about adding the Apogee Calipers in my system but then I wondered if I have enough amp for them. Seems like they require the biggest and baddest amps around to make them really sing.

08-01-12: Viridian
Yes, why wouldn't anyone want monolithc speakers that take up the whole end of the listening room and are so inefficient and reactive that amps almost.....

Viridian, just FYI, the Apogee speakers are not reactive. Ribbons are rarely reactive - they are in fact purely resistive with a resistance that is very low. hence the need for monster amps.
I'm not trying to change your opinion but the wordings in your post tell me that you don't understand the matter. Thus, it might have been better for you to not post & not show your ignorance in such a flaming way....

The problem has always been shipping. Unless you have the original crates, there is always high risk of damage. Safest bet is local pickup. If you must ship, best to insist on UPS doing the packing and shipping over nite.

Rrog / Devilboy / Maple - Let me 4th your comments.

So tiresome with the comments. But seeing the same trying to justify complete PC or fuse nonsense is just as bad.

Maybe be good to try our the asylum for a while and see how well such nonsense goes over, no?

I walked in to a local dealers and found a mint pair of Divas with a very realistic price. I use to have Duetta Sigs
years ago and knew what it took to make them sing. To get the best from Apogees you have to work at it, they are not plug and play. I gave it a brief thought but kept walking.

In my experience speakers are the hardest item to sell, the last pair I sold I was constantly lowering the price to generate interest. They eventually did sell but at an almost give away price for a few year old 'A' rated Stereophile speaker.

Why are Speakers so expensive anyway, a new car or a new pair of speakers, does that make ANY sense?