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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. 
westerlm
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wspohn
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If you ever get a chance to audition the Classe DR3 VHC I mentioned earlier in the thread, do so (hard to find as less than 200 made). The pair I have were driving the heck out of Scintillas when I bought the amps.

Run in stereo they put out 40 watts into 8 ohms.  Run as a pair of bridged amps, the put out 500 watts into 1 ohm.
westerlm OP
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Sure would have loved to have heard those 2 VHC's on Scintillas. The ultimate match. 
parker65310
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I know I’m very late to the discussion, but I have a pair of Duetta II Signatures that I’m driving out to Bill Thalmann @ Music Technology in Springfield, VA next week for a complete new rebuilt including Wilson caps. Unfortunately Bill is soon retiring. My dad bought these beauties brand new in ‘88. They fried two Counterpoints and an anemic Hafler early on. Since then they have always run on a BAT tube preamp and solid state amp set up. I’m currently running a BAT VK-5i tube preamp and VK-600 with bat pack solid state amp beast. They sound incredible, no loss of details and presence even at very low volume levels. I’ve always used the Symo speaker cables Jason Bloom recommended to my dad and don’t plan to change them. 

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The Duetta signatures aren't that hard to drive, only the full range and the scintilla are the amp killers.

rfagon
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Has anyone used Merrill Veritas Class D monoblocks to drive Scintillas?

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