I am comforted to realise that I'm not as crazy as I (or more accurately, my wife) thought:
Martin Logan CLS I (beautiful to look at and fantastic with valves but temperamental film)
Apogee Duetta Signature (excellent all round involving sound but needed more amplification than I could provide at the time)
Sonus Faber Extremas (attempt to bring sanity to home space but disappointing sound after panels)
Zingali horn floor-standers (trying to get a fuller sound from a more acceptable box)
Quad ESL63 (following réalisation that panels offered much more than even beautiful boxes)
Apogee Divas (rebuilt as active tri-amped system - stunning sound, far more involving than the Quads but complicated for all female household)
Apogee Grands (Going for broke - completely rebuilt - absolutely fantastic, all enveloping, articulate sound - however, too physically dominant and too complicated for some)
Back to sanity:
An ATC active system for home theatre includes:
ATC SMA150 (front); ATC SMA 50 (rears); ATC SMA?? (centre); ATC Sub
Apogee Caliper Signature (rebuilt - for serious reflective stereo listening and realisation that after all my nonsense, I'm a panel man)
Still crazy really!
Martin Logan CLS I (beautiful to look at and fantastic with valves but temperamental film)
Apogee Duetta Signature (excellent all round involving sound but needed more amplification than I could provide at the time)
Sonus Faber Extremas (attempt to bring sanity to home space but disappointing sound after panels)
Zingali horn floor-standers (trying to get a fuller sound from a more acceptable box)
Quad ESL63 (following réalisation that panels offered much more than even beautiful boxes)
Apogee Divas (rebuilt as active tri-amped system - stunning sound, far more involving than the Quads but complicated for all female household)
Apogee Grands (Going for broke - completely rebuilt - absolutely fantastic, all enveloping, articulate sound - however, too physically dominant and too complicated for some)
Back to sanity:
An ATC active system for home theatre includes:
ATC SMA150 (front); ATC SMA 50 (rears); ATC SMA?? (centre); ATC Sub
Apogee Caliper Signature (rebuilt - for serious reflective stereo listening and realisation that after all my nonsense, I'm a panel man)
Still crazy really!