Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsHi Gallant Diva,I think the Rike caps (in a speaker crossover) are excellent. Musical, detailed, without being tilted or in your face, and with a natural, textured and dynamic sound. Very s... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGrannyring,Hifi collective. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsJust to let you know, I finally unleashed my soldering iron and put in a pair of Rike Caps in the mid range horn of the AG Trio xover. It replaced a pair of Mundorf S/G in oil caps which are excell... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGallant diva,Its always good to chat and learn of people's experiences. And I enjoy our chats. You always are clear.It's very interesting that not many liked the "lighter"... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsHi Gallant diva,I have heard all the Apogees up to and including the Graz remakes. Even the book shelf monitors they made at the end of their reign. Unfortunately only fleeting listens to t... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGallant diva,Haha. You know me too well :-oI hope one day we can chew the fat face to face enjoying some great sounds.It's good to push the reset button and try things from ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsCharles1dad,Many roads indeed. I cannot believe the audiophile journey I have done so far. If you told me a few years ago I would sell all those powerful state of the art Amps and g... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsHi Gallant diva,You are a lucky man. I had magical listening sessions with my duetta sigs & MG3.6r. I never got the diva to work as well as the sigs. I love planar speakers and have had the... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsThat was the point I was rather badly trying to put across. It's not worth pursuing for the Apogee unfortunately.I did my Apogee Duetta sig and Diva with mundorf silver gold in oil and that... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGrannyring, Charles1dad,thank you. Very kind of you to say and good to know I'm not the only mad person here... They are excellent caps.Gallant diva, I understand. When I say value ... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGallant diva,Value for money? Well I suspect it's the wrong hobby for that. But I think we are all long enough in the tooth to be aware of the various minefields and snake oil. A healthy di... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsPmtconsulting,to be clear, I meant that around 50-100 hours of signal burn in on the duelunds will start to show you what's in store. Not that they would be fully burned in. But you can sta... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsHi Gallant diva,One change at a time is always good. Let things settle to really know if you are stepping in the right direction or not. The only mundorfs worth anything IMHO are the Silver... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGallant Diva,I hope you don't mind me chipping in? If you are thinking of duelund caps, which are great in my experience, it could be worth trying Rike caps. They are said to be slightly be... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGlad to have you back Gallant Diva. Merry Christmas. posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
40 Years of TryingI would keep your apogee Sigs. I found the diva to be too constrainedwhen compared to a well set up Sig. Even though the Diva in theory is better.I guess it depends on the type of music... posted about 13 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Duomike,rock and roll! It is one of the joys of a good horn. Incredibly easy to hit high SPLs with no stress or compression or strain.I have a db meter and there is no problem hi... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Duomike,I am not even sure it is about being rated up or downpower wise. I don't even think the EML 45 tube is like the hybrid tubeswhich can output more power. I am fairly sure ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi guys,In my experience with AG and after trying just aboutevery type of amplification, the 45 at all volumes sounds as powerful as any of the amps I have tried. The only amp that real... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi duomikeTo be honest I went from 1,000 watts to at most 2.with the original tubes it could sometimes sound tame when compared to some of the 300b amps I tried, but when I put in the eml 4... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveAfter some time with the new EML 80 rectifier tube in my A08s, I guess I can report a little on it. It is a large tube. The same size as the EML45 with the same lovely gold plated pins and ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Vince,indeed it would be nice to be able to listen. As you know you are always welcome if you find yourself my way.I have got rid of all my DCS gear now. I feel a little naked wi... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Jason,the 45 seems to power my speakers with no issues and with that X factor. The sound is awesome. Very musical, transparent and natural. The point I was making to Duomike was ... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Duomike,I understand. It would be an upheaval and probably a great expense to change. As much as possible I have always had the equipment next to each other so I could do a direc... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi duomike,Sounds great too I remember. At the time I needed more power.My only fear with those amps like some of the switching amps after SET ones is that slight bLeaching of tone. I l... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment |