Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSorry all friends for my absence. Have been busy with other stuff in life. And the Audio? The audio is all alive and well. The sound is so good that I have hot the wall. Not sure what to improve...... posted about 9 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSorry guys for my absence....I am just too busy enojoying my system....no time to think of improvements. Chadeffect: can you post your recent findings on caps? posted almost 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsChadeffect, first of all you are welcome to visit me and listn to my system. Second, I enjoy doing constructive debate with you.You mentioned that Graz ribbons were better. See, that is the... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsChadeffect, you said, I have found the Apogee to be the best I have heard with possible exception of the big sound lab ESL. But Apogees especially if brought up to date w... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsagear, you asking me to post my whole "audio biography" here :) I will post soon ....just the summary. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampschadeffect, you and I can have long productive discussions. You are an extremist :-) lol, you gone from high-power amp/low efficiency speakers to low power amp/high efficiency speaker, which I call... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGrannyring, yes, I agree all DUDES are special. I got your message. I will email you. I traveling last 2-3 days. Will reply soon.... and thank you. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampscharles1dad "You've found such joy with a 2 watt Japanese ultra simple amplifier. "Charles, it is the price per watt, not the number of watts that matters :) posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsgrannying: What is special about your DUDE and what ideas did you want to share? I am thinking of putting my line level crossover inside my DUDE. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsCharles: yes that is true. The only other Apogee which raises its head against the FR is the smaller Stage. This small baby is one heck of a speaker. I would say it is marvelous gem and highly unde... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSystem edited: Added a picture of Stacked Apogee Stages that I call Apogee Butterfly. I like the sound of the Stage very much and on the grounds of stacked Quads, I attempted to stacked the Stages.... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsPtmconsulting: The FR has a simpler and smaller circuit with few caps and no inductor. The bass and mid have no passive components. So the circuit is only for the tweeter. See my reply to Charles1d... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampscharles1dad, it depends which Apogee you are talking about. The Scintilla, Diva, Duetta, Stage, and FR all have either own crossover, supposed matched to their ribbon characteristics including impe... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsChadeffect: agreed, I would try something if it improves my sound and if I can afford it, not based on value for money. One should give up this hobby if price-performance ratio is a concern as ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsChadeffect: The Duetta and Diva are not in the league of the Apogee FR, not even close. The FR is a speaker without compromises and it is sad (for audio hobby) that they were never reviewed. The Du... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsAgear:You have an open invitation to visit me.In fact all those posting here in caps topic have open invitation.Agear: I am a believer in damping and it may be a major contr... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsLissnr: Thanks for sharing words of wisdom. I like your system. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsFolks:We are having a great discussion. I did not get a chance to look at all the posts but I will reply as much as I can soon.I have plans to upgrade my DUDE with the Duelands and ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampschadeffect: Value for money? no, I was not saying that. this is not a hobby with that parameter.I was saying for most die hard audiophile, the price tag often fools them into thinking that the more... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsMabonn: How much is my electricity bill? Good question. First of all, I am a big supported of sustainability and hence a believer in economizing on electricity and cleaner energy. With that of my c... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGrannyring, Ptmconsulting, and Chadeffect, I am curious as to what is inside the Dueland. Is there real substance that makes it better or is it the audiophile snake oil. You know how the die heard ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsAgear, sorry for my delayed response but I was terribly busy at work during the past week. I read your post with intrigue. Before I comment on the system did you say "And yes, I will b... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsAgear: Sorry for my late reply to your detailed message. I was terribly busy at work during the past week.Yes, I am a computer and digital guy. But I keep my work completely separately from... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGrannyring: Thanks for the kind advice. I have the Duelands for the DUDE at hand and just waiting for some time slot out of my busy schedule to install them. As far as noise is concerned, my curren... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsZephyr24069: I got "Touch" by Yello. It is great, like all other Yello music, I love it, Thanks for the recommendation.Here is one for you: The Flower of War Soundtrack. It is spe... posted over 10 years ago | View comment |