"New" AP Virgo spk: Improved or Diminished ??

I auditioned a pair just after they came out and was not very impressed overall. They are very transparant which I liked very much and did the AP dissapearing act as most of there speakers do. To me, they did not sound like a full range speaker, sounded like they were in real need of a sub. I moved them all over the room, but could not get the sound I was searching for.I really wanted to like this speaker. I had read alot of positive things about them, but in the end I passed on a pair. I guess my real complaint was that the speakers never drew me in--they could not convey the kind of emotion I wanted. My system consists of BAT VK75-SE, BAT 50SE, Electrocompaniet CDP, Verity Audio Parsifal Encores, Siltech interconnects, Silver Symphony cable and Shunyata P.C. In the end it really comes down to how the speakers sound to you--in your system, listening to music you know very well. Let what you hear and feel be your guide. Good luck!

Itsalldark, you don't say how many hours were on them. Are you sure they were broken in?

The dealer I auditioned the speakers from told me they had the speakers running almost twenty four hours a day for a little over two weeks. I would assume that the speakers I auditioned were broken in, or at least most of the way there.

I heard them at a dealer with a variety of solid state and tube amplifiers and preamplifiers. I was not impressed. The bass is definitely weak and while it is certainly a good enough speaker to reveal things about the upstream equipment, I felt that either of the previous Virgo's, despite their mid-bass bloat, was clearly better.