Sound of Apogee's versus regular speakers.

[theaudiohobby]

I suggest you also consult Stereophile's extensive reviews archive. Why? Most of those who offer opinions on these boards only have so much money and time to experiment with the gear and with all due respect to Florian and Brad (who Florian quoted), both of them are great Apogee fans, and try as hard as they may, they simply do not have the extensive experience of the likes of John Atkinson, Robert Greene or Micheal Fremer when it comes to Loudspeaker evaluation.

Now I am not saying that what these guys say is gospel, it is not. That said read closely and note everywhere the technical measurements correlate with the listening impression (i.e. alarm bells). By the way, the speakers you mentioned bar the Avalons, have some of the longest reviews in the archive. Saying the best reviews I have ever seen in English speaking magazines come from the Audio Critic and Audio Express, they are very comprehensive and make Stereophiles et al reviews look very patchy.

[Florian]

True thats why Ken Kessler and Jon Atkinsons both love Apogees ;-)

Anyway it doesnt matter who you guys believe, just listen to one with the matching room and electronics or ask Eric. who owns the 126000$ Alon and judge for yourselfs

This is from Jon Atkinson on the Apogee Scintilla

Visually imposing, room fussy, amplifier fussy heavy and awkward, the Scintillas are nevertheless the finest, most transparent, most musically pleasing loudspeakers I have ever had the privilege to use.

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[theaudiohobby]

True thats why Ken Kessler and Jon Atkinsons both love Apogees ;-)

Anyway it doesnt matter who you guys believe, just listen to one with the matching room and electronics or ask Eric. who owns the 126000$ Alon and judge for yourselfs.

Agreed :-), however vlastoc will like to know what makes these speakers different from one another, I doubt that even Eric can reliably tell the differences between his Alons, Soundlabs M1 and AvantGarde Trio, only so much time and only so much room :-)

[theaudiohobby]

Florian,

Best you get him to read the whole review, why did you not just link it, which is extensive by the way and most enlightning.

[Florian]

Sure, just go here and click on REVIEW

http://www.apogeespeakers.info/

They are all wonderfull and i will gladly host you a listening session

[Florian]

adeI should add that these are what i consider the holy grail,,,, of audio (not in order)

Soundlab U1
Apogee DIVA, Fullrange, Scintilla, Studio Grand, Grand
Perigee Definitive
Kharma Ex.
Avalon Eidolon Diamond
Alon Grand Exotica
Magnepan MG20.1
Infinity IRS-V
Genesis 1.1 Genesis II and the 350SE
Martin Logan E2
DALI Megaline

It doesnt matter which one you own, they are all awsome in their own way. My friends who own some of these dont fight and argue, we can respect each other since we know that its the best of the best and only different sonically depending on taste.

[vlastoc]

Thanx guys for the answers.
I know that I can read so many reviews on the net, but my aim was to get infos not from reviewers, but from common users from such discussions board like this one is. On the other hand, I know that's almost impossible to listen all those equipments under the same testing conditions. Anyway, thanx for infos and Florian, I appreciate your opinions, if you send me email to vlastoc@szm.sk in case of your free time..

vlasto(c).