Mods to Apogee Scintillas?

Trelja... Amen sir. Had the fortunate pleasure of revisiting them again last year in Korea.Mated with modern day FM Acoustics amplification[cannot remember model #'s], however it was a revelation to say the least. I actually owned a pair of Scintillas in the early 80's that blew up 3 different amplifiers in the 2 short weeks I owned them. Every amplifier would go into severe oscillation and would just simply blow up. The god awful sounding 700 watt Phase Linear [700b] lasted all of 30 seconds before it literally melted[a good thing really]. The Kenwood LO-7m's succummed whithin an hour, but the worst of it was, it took the outputs out of one of my beloved Mark Levinson ML-2 monos. I know now that I should have known better as these were only a mere 25 watt amplifier, but they could output 200 watts into a 1 ohm load. To be candid here: when driven with the ML-2's they were probably the finest speakers yours truly has ever heard in a life time of serious audio. The Gentleman I visited in Korea had them set up in large room, and is a serious collector of vinyl. He was using a Micro Seiki table[not sure of the model????] outfitted with an original sumiko 800 [the arm] and a grado statement cartridge. I was truly mesmerized!Hypmotized would be more accurate. A magical day that will remain in my memory banks forever.Baranyi.... I truly envy you sir,You are a very lucky man! Search out the proper modification advice at all cost. All the best with your endevour.

I would go with something like this digital X-over room correction device http://www.clarityeq.com/dsp-product/pdc26.html in a full tri-amp.

I am also an Apogee owner (Centaur Minors) and (Duetta Signatures).

Dave

Thanks for all the responses. I am supposed to have my Scintillas delivered on Wednesday. From there it is restoration time because most of these speakers have issues because of age. I will need to deal with ribbon replacement so I figured that while the speakers were being worked on why not inquire as to what other enhancements could be done. Many thanks for all the encouragement. Bob

ecclectique,
I hope soon to mate the Scintillas with the Supratek Chenin. That would be some combo with a good digital amplifier to make the Scintillas sing. Bob

Baranyi. Wowza! Tell me your not tooooo excited about getting that rig up and running! Man...I have been thinking about your speakers ever since I read your thread. Bob,the Supratek is simply a no-brainer.[disclosure here.. coming from a biased owner]. As Trelja very astutely pointed out earlier in the thread....Be "very very" careful about your amplification choice.... as the impedence of those monsters get down very close to a dead short!!! You can trust him on that one and take it straight to the bank as he wasn't kidding. It is imperative the chosen amplification be extremely stable right down into a 1 ohm load,I would suspect it should also be capable of pushing some very high current as well. A word of caution here: If you intend on auditioning suitable amplication from friends, dealers or manufacturers.... It may be prudent on your behalf to disclose the fact that you are using the scintillas and that they are a very difficult load to amplify. I have zero experience with any of the new digital amps, perhaps others here will chime in.The Scintillas will eat most your typical high powered amplifiers for breakfast. Geez ....Stay the course man,it will surely be a dream come true. PS: there is another member here on the gon that uses scintills...I believe his name is muralman, you may want to do a search. Perhaps he will volunteer some of his personal experience and expertise.All the best and keep me imformed.