Due to room restrictions I consider a replacement for my Apogee Scintillas.
I love those planars, had them rebuilt a few years ago with new foils, new crossovers, interior cabling.
Heft, power, astonishing lows, delicacy, quite a treat.
Right now: no chance to place these. A room under the roof of an old house (built 1860), even a tv set between speakers, sigh.
So the Scintillas are in their boxes.
Prehistoric Monitor Audio 700 gold speakers
now playing, surprisingly good for their age and ridiculous low cost.
Music? Jazz, vocals, symphonic, Kraftwerk, art of noise, too.
In five years relocation, new room with decent size to place those planars, again.
Right now … a room best suited for a small stand mounted speaker or a slim column like speaker.
I still have an old Velodyne dd12 subwoofer bought for video use years ago to help out in the lower registers.
Thoughts:
1, Get a small well mannered two way, used and „cheap“. Sonus Faber Guarneri mementos?
2, Get a big speaker, somehow place it, which might replace the Scintillas in the long run.
Serblin Krema? MBL 101 E Mk II? Cost? Ouch. Room acoustics… might fight with these.
3, Get a slim column, maybe Serblin Accordo essence? Maybe too well mannered.
Manger P1 seems interesting, but maybe not that good for occasional Kraftwerk, art of noise.
4, Get a pretty good small speaker for quite some dough to do the job well now?
My old Velodyne dd12 would support them, room resonances ameliorated by automatic eq set up.
I have been offered TAD micro evolution ones at a nice price….
Adding a better sub might even bring the combo up to fill the new room
(5m x 10m) in 5 years?
This is a TAD forum, so members might help with their comments of their comparisons of the ME one against other speakers, please?
I have not heard them.
Yes, I know, this isn’t how you buy speakers.
But I have hardly a chance to audition them, living in the mountains.
Certainly they would wipe the floor with my ancient Monitor Audios.
Thx for your input and greetings from beautiful Suisse!
I love those planars, had them rebuilt a few years ago with new foils, new crossovers, interior cabling.
Heft, power, astonishing lows, delicacy, quite a treat.
Right now: no chance to place these. A room under the roof of an old house (built 1860), even a tv set between speakers, sigh.
So the Scintillas are in their boxes.
Prehistoric Monitor Audio 700 gold speakers
now playing, surprisingly good for their age and ridiculous low cost.Music? Jazz, vocals, symphonic, Kraftwerk, art of noise, too.
In five years relocation, new room with decent size to place those planars, again.
Right now … a room best suited for a small stand mounted speaker or a slim column like speaker.
I still have an old Velodyne dd12 subwoofer bought for video use years ago to help out in the lower registers.
Thoughts:
1, Get a small well mannered two way, used and „cheap“. Sonus Faber Guarneri mementos?
2, Get a big speaker, somehow place it, which might replace the Scintillas in the long run.
Serblin Krema? MBL 101 E Mk II? Cost? Ouch. Room acoustics… might fight with these.
3, Get a slim column, maybe Serblin Accordo essence? Maybe too well mannered.
Manger P1 seems interesting, but maybe not that good for occasional Kraftwerk, art of noise.
4, Get a pretty good small speaker for quite some dough to do the job well now?
My old Velodyne dd12 would support them, room resonances ameliorated by automatic eq set up.
I have been offered TAD micro evolution ones at a nice price….
Adding a better sub might even bring the combo up to fill the new room
(5m x 10m) in 5 years?
This is a TAD forum, so members might help with their comments of their comparisons of the ME one against other speakers, please?
I have not heard them.
Yes, I know, this isn’t how you buy speakers.
But I have hardly a chance to audition them, living in the mountains.
Certainly they would wipe the floor with my ancient Monitor Audios.
Thx for your input and greetings from beautiful Suisse!
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