Hello friends,

i am sure you remember my post about the Genesis 350i speaker that i was thinking about. Well i drove to Holland (18hrs back and forth) and heard the Genesis and was not really that impressed the second time i heard it. Can play extremely loud and has huge dynamics but was just boring after a while. The integrations was not nearly as good as on the DIVA and the bass was too slow for the ribbons (even with 8 drivers, 1.6KW and Servo controll). The detail, resolution and harmonic and tonal correctness was just not there. A very good speaker, as it should be for 40K, but just not as good as the DIVA.

So my problem was still there, how to drive the DIVA right and with enough controll. i had big Krells, Sphinxs etc.. on here and none could do it right. So i took home a Tube Hybrid preamp, a Tube poweramp and a 40kg power filter.

As i set up everything in the morning at 5AM i put on "The Mass" and took a seat. Out of nowhere, at least 4m back a drum was hit and a earthquake shook the floor, my chest and i sprung into action to turn down the volume. What the heck happend? I am not talking about little subwoofer bass, i am talking about 2x Velodyne 18's preasurerizing the room with no coloration and no movement. Freaking incredible!

Could it be that this 60wpc UltraLinear Class A tube amp could outcontroll the Krell, Sphinx, Ampzilla 2000? Yes, it seems so. Apogees love voltage and current and this baby delivers. It uses 12x EL84's tubes and is strictly dual mono. Can handle between 3 and 16 ohms. Just like i said many times before, Apogees are easy you just need a stable amp.

I also picked up a 40kg powerfilter from Audioplan which did an amazing job of creating dead spots in the music and stableises the power lines.

I am very happy! Go tubes, and go tubes on big ribbons!