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Apogees and ethics - comments

Posted by mbhintz@fastmail.us on February 4, 2012 at 12:26:21:

I have a pair of Apogee Divas that I was/am considering selling because I anticipate moving to a house with a smaller living room. Additionally, I am kind of tired of them dominating the space I currently have. They are the best speakers I've ever had, and not by a little. I bought them used, and they have the infamous buzz on test tones, but I have never heard it on program material and am pretty fussy. Anyway, after talking to Rich Murray at true sound works and describing the situation and the small "wrinkles" in the bass panels, he cautioned me about selling them and transporting them in their current condition would likely make the buzzing/wrinkles worse. That leaves me the following options:

Keep them, enjoy them, deal with the move when and if it has them

Sell them with full disclosure and (presumably) take a big bath on them financially

Refurbish them with new ribbons (~ $5K).

The plus side of the last option is that they will presumably be a lot better, and I should be able to sell them with clear conscience for a much higher price. Still, 5K is a lot to put into a 20+ year old speaker. I am told that the new panels/ribbons should last basically forever. The other option is to take the bath and buy some 3.7 Maggies which I recently heard. They are very nice, but they are not the Diva's, and they are still big panels, albeit quite a bit smaller. I know it is my choice in the end, but would appreciate comments/thoughts on the matter. FWIW, at the same time I heard the 3.7's, I also heard Wilson Sophia 3's driven by top shelf ARC electronics. Also very nice, but nowhere near as involving, particularly at low levels as the Maggies, let alone the Diva's.