Speaker Porn

[Dusty Chalk]

Can we get that as an emoticon?

[luvdunhill]

Absolutely amazing! The skill shown is just astounding.

wait, that's what you're doing for me, right?

[Dusty Chalk]

Can we get that as an emoticon and as a fried-fish sandwich?

[swt61]

wait, that's what you're doing for me, right?

Yes, but don't be surprised if there's something that feels like a snail in your shell.

[swt61]

That reminds me a lot of a guy I once dated.

[luvdunhill]

Yes, but don't be surprised if there's something that feels like a snail in your shell.

heh, in all seriousness, that's pretty damn impressive. I could however see Naaman pulling something like that off though

[Voltron]

That reminds me a lot of a guy I once dated.

What part of him? :rimshot:

(pun intended)

[Knuckledragger]

Audio Porn by byronjyu, on Flickr

It's worth clicking through to see the photographer's notes.

[deepak]

Speakers made from plumbing fixtures!

[Craig Sawyers]

It's worth clicking through to see the photographer's notes.

Those are Apogee's fed by a Krell set up. Classic in its day. Apogee got killed by Magneplanar (or Magnepan as the company is known) going for their throat as infringers of their planar magnetic driver patent.

[Craig Sawyers]

Speakers made from plumbing fixtures!

Those are inspired by Siegfried Linkwitz's Pluto speakers Linkwitz Lab - Loudspeaker Design

[Salt Peanuts]

Speakers made from plumbing fixtures!

That is awesome. Do you have a link to original site?

[Dusty Chalk]

That reminds me a lot of a guy I once dated.

You used to know a guy with yellow lips?

[swt61]

Stretch your lips big enough to engulf a TICE, and see if they don't turn Yellow too.

I thought those were Pass units driving the Apogee's. Even the little Apogee Stage was just a badass speaker in the day.

[Craig Sawyers]

I thought those were Pass units driving the Apogee's. Even the little Apogee Stage was just a badass speaker in the day.

Maybe they are Pass at that. The big problem with the Apogees in general was the exceptionally low impedance. The original Scintilla in the early 80's was 0.5 ohm and low efficiency, and Krell got established when trying to develop an amp that would drive that sucker. Sounded bewilderingly wonderful - as fast as an electrostatic, but with real low frequency grunt and loud (if fed with enough current!).

[swt61]

Yeah, I remember that's what everyone drove them with. Heard the combo once at my local high end dealer. I hated it, but only because I couldn't afford it.

[deepak]

Those are Apogee's fed by a Krell set up. Classic in its day. Apogee got killed by Magneplanar (or Magnepan as the company is known) going for their throat as infringers of their planar magnetic driver patent.

Are you sure it was Magnepan that put them out of business? I was under the impression the speakers didn't sell well due to the outrageous amp requirements, and with far fewer choices in high power solid state back then thus spelling death to the company.

That is awesome. Do you have a link to original site?

I don't Haj, the image came up randomly in the Audiogon staff pics cool images.

[Craig Sawyers]

Are you sure it was Magnepan that put them out of business? I was under the impression the speakers didn't sell well due to the outrageous amp requirements, and with far fewer choices in high power solid state back then thus spelling death to the company.

I certainly had a deep memory that it was something to do with Magnepan. A google search for "magnepan vs apogee patent" turns up quite a bit of stuff that supports that, this being typical from newaudiosociety.com:

"I believe there was an issue with a lawsuit from Jim Winey over at Magnepan....it seems he had a patent on the planar design and the Apogee version was a little too close to the patented version. Also, the head designer at Apogee croaked-it, which didn't help.

What gets me is why Magnepan didn't incorporate some of the Apogee methodology into their designs. The Apogee's seem to be better integrated in the lows and highs, and I think that's partly due to the dual purpose midrange/tweeter, partly due to a better XO design and partly due to a much more rigid mechanical construction."

[luvdunhill]

hm okay. that's one way to do it.

[Dusty Chalk]

Best dust cone evar?

[luvdunhill]

Best dust cone evar?

Active phase plug? Heh.

[Sherwood]

Poor man's plasma tweeter

[Augsburger]

/\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ win.

[luvdunhill]

Had anyone heard the Pass INT-150?

[luvdunhill]

no one? it's rather sexy. There's also the INT-50A now which is dreamy...