In Reply to: RE: Apogees and ethics - comments posted by TitaniumTroy on February 6, 2012 at 17:13:31:
Depends on the Apogee, and the Maggie. Apogees tend to have more bass extension for a given size, with a big resonance peak low down. The big ones can as you said have better dynamics, achieving in some cases very high SPL's. Efficiency of the earlier ones can be lower and one model was almost impossible to drive because of its 1 ohm midrange impedance. The midrange ribbon can ring less and be more linear/transparent and better at low levels than a Maggie midrange, but in some cases anyway can have a metallic twang like a true ribbon tweeter. The midrange ribbon can start twisting at very high SPL's. The true ribbon Maggies have better highs, particularly than the smaller Apogees with the combined midrange/HF ribbon (but then that's not really a fair comparison, since the smaller Maggies have quasi ribbon tweeters).
There were many models in both lines so the generalizations can only go so far, you can't really compare an MMG with a Grand (well, you can, but to little avail). Some Apogees and Maggies have a downtilted response, for example, and some don't, some use first order crossovers, the Grand is a four way with two 15" dynamic woofers, etc.
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