Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsRichard (Klinerm): I am curious to know your room size. Also, if you see too much flutter in the midrange and tweeter, you can add a large cap (about 100-150 uf) in series between the amp and the s... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsRichard (Klinerm): Thanks for the invitation. I do not have plans to visit Charleston but might visit Greenville sometime in March. I guess it is a 3 hour drive from there so I might be able to fin... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsChadeffect: Thank for the input. You know I value your opinion. I would be curious about the Rike caps. I suppose I can get them from Mouser. However, I follow the audio commandment of making one c... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsKnghifi: That means 60 caps for my GT-400 and GT-800, and ordering that would probably increasing the stock price of Dueland manufacturer, hahahaSeriously, I can replace the caps in the amp... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsBooboobaer: I am definitely gonna replace my DUDE caps with the duelands. In fact I got my Duelands a few months back but have not had the time to install them. Will do soon though. Could you be ve... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsKlinerm: I have many stories of Apogees to tell (and they are real) because they connect with my own journey in audio.Your Scintillas and my FR share many characteristics. They both use fir... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsAgear: I have listened to, owned many many preamps, and have even had built one using a very special technique and extremely regulated power supply (named X-2 by Charlie). But I think the DUDE is b... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsKnghifi: My speaker level crossover is made up of Mundorf Silver in oil caps (I built it myself). I am also planning to try the Duelands in there. Upgrading the amps with Duelands is an expensive p... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsBooboobaer: upgrading the DUDE caps is my next agenda. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsKnghifi: Yes, Paul is planning to visit Texas at my invitation. The fist purpose is to eat some good Steaks here....he does not believe Texas has better steak than Washington, so I am gonna show hi... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsmapman, I like King Crimson too. My musical collection is pretty decent and spans many different genre. There are lots of music geniuses. It is just not fair to compare musician of different genre ... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Booboo's DenBooboobaer: Great system, did you have the duelands added later or you purchased your Dude with them? posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
SteVe's VsNice system. Dude attack!!!!! Three Dude-enabled systems in this category here :) posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsmapman: I extend the same invitation to you: If you are in Texas, let me know and we will arrange a listening session at my place. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsAgear, thank you for the kind words. I know you got a Dude. But am curious what is your rest of the system.If you are in Texas, let me know and we will arrange a listening session at my place. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSystem edited: More system description added posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSchubert: I called both of them genius but it has no implication that I equate them, come on now. Also, I do not think name calling will make your case stronger because I have no objection to you o... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSchubert: ok, agreed, so you do not have to throw away words like "ludicrous" if someone praises something, right :) You can also disagree but agree to disagree also especially when it is... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSystem edited: I added some acknowledgements in the system description. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsRichard: You are a brave man, driving your Scintilla with tubes only. Not many people I know who have that setup. To my knowledge, I am the only owner who is driving the Apogee Fullrange with all t... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsSchubert: Peter Gabriel is not related to me so it doe snot offend me if you think it is ludicrous to call him a music genius. Michael Jackson was sarcastic joke but even then some people might dis... posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsCzarivey: Youa re so right. In freezing winter, I get the warmth of these amps to soothe me in a very comfortable way, enhancing the listening pleasure. The summers are a problem though :) posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsnot even Michael Jackson? :) Peter Gabriel is more than a rocker and hence a genius :) posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsPeter Gabriel is a music genius, who has not just with the ability to produce music combined with creativity but also has the ability to recognize other music geniuses. posted over 10 years ago | View comment | |
Texas Heat with Apogees and TRL ampsGrannyring: Thank you. My driver tubes? I have too many and hard to recall the combination in the GT-400, GT-800, and the Dude. Think of your favorite dish and then try to recall what combination o... posted over 10 years ago | View comment |