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RMAF 2008 - Your impressions,...

I know there's still few hours to go but I was wondering what my fellow Audiogoners think of RMAF 2008. What equipment left great impression, even what was a bit of a let down...As for me, it was my first year and my time was very limited, but I have to point out Emerald Physics for their CS1 and CS2, which are great speakers, selling for much less (esp. CS2) than you would think. They sound a bit different than what most of us are used to due to their unique design. Unfortunately their need for two amps make it little difficult to integrate them in my system, otherwise they'd be on top of my list. I also have to mention AV123 and GR-Research whose X-static speakers must be one of the best bargains on the market (I know, we all have heard it before...), anybody looking for a $1000 dollar speakers (and even much more) need to give these a listen.
branislav
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glory
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Wonderful,

CS1 is the big brother of the CS2 and beats the living snot out of the little guy.
dracule1
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David12, see my post on the RSA Sason:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1224042256&read&keyw&zzsason
wonderful_electric
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Thanks Glory,

I am so gonna get it. I found the CS2 a lil low end for my taste.
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bombaywalla
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>> The Apogee Divas were very good as well - I wasn't
>> aware that Apogee speakers were still being made. They
>> were driven beutifully by Pass XA100.5 and Audio
>> Research Ref preamps.
Pubul57,
you are correct, Apogee speakers are NOT being manuf anymore & have not been since the company folder 10+ yrs ago.
What you heard was a restored pair of Divas. The restoration was done by True Sound Works owner Rich Murry.
There are 2 such restores in the USA & the other one is Bill Thalmann in VA.
One can buy used Apogees in the market & have them restored by one of the above 2 people. That's the only way I know of to become an Apogee owner IF interested.
pubul57
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Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't sure what the deal was. I thought the design may have been sold to a new manufacturer and then brought back to market.
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