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In Reply to: Re: someone mentioned a while back about the $25K Apogees.. posted by morricab on October 29, 2006 at 13:38:58:
The sound was not "too brittle" but the coloration of the driver was clearly audible. It's possible that a tube amp (or tone control) might have obfuscated the effect."Amplifiers were solid state. They were Wisdom Audio prototypes designed by Steve Dunlap, of Memphis, with the Adrenaline in mind."
http://www.soundstage.com/masz02.htm
In any event, he's happy with his Orions, and to my knowledge, the new owner is happy with his D-75s.
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I think that this driver has a bit of coloration but I suspect that it is exaccerbated by the fact that Wisdom uses them as a monopole and that the sound is coming off the back wall and through the driver. In my implementation it seems less colored than most box speakers I have heard but more so than the Apogees I had before (probably the least colored speakers ever made) and Acoustats.
As I mentioned previously, his were the dipole version. See link in previous post.
Oops, missed that point. I am just used to Wisdoms being monopoles and didn't read carefully enough.
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