Mods to Apogee Scintillas?
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 |
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. |
The Agon member who is intimately familiar with Scintillas is Muralman1. Virtually all things relating to Apogee can be found at the following sites: http://audioworld.com/cgi-bin/sw/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=1 http://www.apogeespeakers.com/ Good Luck |
