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Talkin' 'bout my De Capo's

Hey, Gang,
I am not shilling for Reference 3A here. I just want to share my happiness with my Reference 3A De Capo's. Mine came as the De Capo i/A: they have the cherry veneer cabinets and the main driver has the Surreal Acoustic Lens. I later installed the beryllium tweeter so, minus the Nextel finish, they are now the equivalent of the currently shipping De Capo BE.
As was the case with the Dulcets I owned before moving up the line, I am regularly struck by just how fine they really are. I've been promising myself to write a full review (as I did for the Dulcets) but just haven't had the time. But if you're considering spending around $3000 on a pair of stand mount speakers, these are really worth considering. I enjoy mine immensely.
rebbi
grinnell
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I talked to the Ref 3A people about upgrading my woofers with the cones. i would have to send them back and it ran about 100/woofer. its not dyi like the tweeters they have to cut the phase plug off and attach
char1
36 posts
 
Hi Guys,

I bought the Decapo's 3a BE's a year ago and they are just great! A pain in the ass to break in, (they are a little bright in the begining and they are not as easy to set up as everybody would like us to believe (room placement really makes a profound difference-you can get good sound with little thought, but great sound with some work). Also I started with very good solid state (Pass30.5) and moved to tubes (Audio Space 300B Mono's) and there was a significant improvement with sound stage and instrument tonality. You know the Decapos are a great investment. They just keep getting better and better as you upgrade the signal you send them.

Best Charlie
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simao
1,817 posts
 
Finally got around to soldering in the beryllium tweeters last night and tightened in everything. Will be breaking them in over the week. Update towards the end of the week.
rebbi OP
1,326 posts
 
Simao,
Looking forward to your impressions!
agisthos
504 posts
 
Simao it would be great to know exactly what the BE tweeter brings to this speaker.

I agree with you Charlie, placement makes a profound difference to this speaker. You have to experiment a lot.
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