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In article <1992Dec24.101319.1010@cmkrnl.com> jeh@cmkrnl.com writes:
>From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
>Subject: Re: Ribbon Forever
>Date: 24 Dec 92 18:13:19 GMT

>In article <1992Dec22.214222.2043@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>,
> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
>> jeh@cmkrnl.com wrote:
>> 
>> > Maggie owners tend to LOVE their speakers.
>> > I used to love mine.
>> > However I've since switched back to cones (Vandersteen 2ci, later augmented
>> > by the 2w subwoofer).
>> > I really like the soundstaging and "transparency" that Magnepans deliver.
>> > However... as Corey Greenberg put it recently in _Stereophile_: Panel
>> > speakers don't rock, and never will.
>> > Translated, this means that they compress dynamic range.
>> 
>> Is he the one who can't write a coherent sentence in English? 

>He writes many complete and coherent sentences.  Some of them rely a lot on
>current popular usage and so may be difficult to follow, or even annoying, if
>your only experience with English is from reading a junior-high grammar text.
>Or if you're William Safire. 

>> I have a pair of Apogee Stages: sure they are a little light in the
>> deep bass, but I'm sure the Divas or the Stage subwoofer would correct
>> that. 

>Yup.  Like I said....

>> Otherwise they are simply the finest speakers I have heard, for
>> any kind of music.

>The real trouble with panel speakers is that there are so many things that they
>do "appealingly" -- not necessarily "right" -- that they lead you to not pay
>attention to what they're doing wrong.  

>        --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
>Internet:  jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
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Crap!  Really, I have a pair of Apogee Centaur Minors and they can really
rock when paired with a good transistor amp (eg Aragon 2004 and Musical
Fidelity A370 which I've tried).  They are hybrid ribbon/woofer speakers.
I presently drive them with a Michaelson Audio Odysseuss 45W valve amp
and there is very little to touch the combonation.  On the other hand,
the best sound I've yet heard was Apogee Caliper Signatures played by the
Musical Fidelity A370.  Extremely accurate and pure sound---with very
deep bass.  The thing is that they reproduce bass like a double bass
brilliantly, but don't cope as well with drum machines thudding in
rock.  The idea that ribbons accentuate their weak points must stem from
very poor demonstrations/partnering equipment/

Cheers

Gavin