Still there Evelyn?

muralman1 October 16, 2003 04:01

Hi, Muralman. Again, I did not read my treads for a while. Sorry for late response.
I already sold my SF player. I want to get Universal CD Player with SACD and DVD-A. SF did not read some of my CDs and I don't have any home grown CDs. But it doesn't matter anymore.
Thank you again, Evelyn

sharp2451 June 09, 2003 22:39

Hi Sharp, anybody who knows the problem isn't with their Apogees is a friend of mine. I put all my money into amps, because, as you know, Scintillas work with very few fire breathers. Everything else I got mostly on the cheap. I use a Jolida 100 with triple mica black plate tubes, a used Aleph P pre, and Kimber. The amps are used Pass Labs X600 mono blocks. The way I figure, there are a lot of people who spend more than I did for my amps on speakers that are not comparable to the Scintilla. So I come out ahead (IMO). My entire outlay has been 11.5k.

The Aleph P uses a separate single ended stage for each function. It runs passive, unless one chooses to use the gain option. It is a nifty pre, and very clean. I would go for it over Krell.

What cds does the S.F. not read?

muralman1 May 13, 2003 22:16

Hi, Muralman1
I did not check my site, sorry did not responded quicker.
Scintilla is my dream speakers after I heard them in 1989. But with my limited budget could not afford them. Since that time every time I had an opportunity to talk to Jason Bloom at CES shows (Chicago & Las Vegas), I inquired about all new at the time models to see what can be acceptable for me and when I heard Majors, that was it, specially because I could use Adcom monos for bi-wire. So, enough history.
At present time (again, with limited budget) I try to improve my system for SACD. I like Classe, specificly after Adcom. It such big difference in the sound. Now I hooked up 2 Classe 10 in mono mode (bi-wired) to Majors, Bought DR 8 for Cassiopea (SS Speakers), need one more Classe 10 for Center.
About SFCD-1. Sounds wounderfull with my audiphile collection, but not read all my CDs, so, I have to use Pioneer Elite for them. In generally I used Elite only for laser discs, since I have very nice collection and only used it as CD player, when I sold my CAL 10 transport and DAC and did not have yet better CD Player.
I think my current Fosgate 3A, which I use also as pre-amp is not good enough. I try to figure out what I need to buy (used, of course): passive pre-amp, possibly Placette, active - Krell KRC-3 (I need 5.1 pass for SACD) or?
Do you have any recommendations?
Ref: Interconnects:
For Majors/Amps I use Straight Wire (red) interconnects, MIT I used only for SS Speakers and Kimber for Center Speaker. Apogees to Amplifiers only SYMO, which I bought directly from Apogees, at the time. Between sources I use Audioquest and Canare. I may think to upgrade some cables only I finish with all other equipment (again, the budget)

sharp2451 May 13, 2003 03:02

Hi Sharp,

I've owned several Apogees. Presently I am using the Apogee Scintilla.

You've done well with your theater system. I haven't even heard some of those Aps. I like the SF cd player. There is not any sense to upgrade here. How do you like the Elite compared to the SF?

I use Kimber throughout, and have had no good experience with MIT and Apogee.

Classe is great. You may consider the Pass Labs X150.

Have you visited our Apogee site?

muralman1 May 05, 2003 14:55