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From: kucharsk@number6.Solbourne.COM (William Kucharski)
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Subject: Re: Magenepans vs. Apogees
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Date: 16 Oct 90 13:18:17 GMT
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In article <6966@uwm.edu> Daniel_Rai@ub.cc.umich.edu writes:
 >     As for Apogees, they are insanely fragile. You *will*
 >     be punished if you try to ship them.  A Caliper woofer
 >     was damaged en route to me from the seller.  The
 >     pedestal was damaged on the trip to the factory to
 >     repair the woofer, and the frame was vertically
 >     fractured from the factory while shipping them to me.
 >     Shipping Calipers runs about $150 per speaker per
 >     direction.  Not to mention Apogee's parts and labor.

Just thought I'd mention that Apogee may have improved their shipping techniques
lately.  My Caliper Signatures were shipped via Consolidated Freightways from
Mass. to Denver.  The boxes look like they underwent some rough handling but
the speakers came through unharmed, not even a scratch.  Sure, they turn my
GFA-555 into a space heater, but the sound makes it all worthwhile.

By the way, I've recently purchased a Linn Axis with Akito tonearm and Sumiko
Blue Point cartridge and I'm going to mate it with my recently ordered
Adcom GFP-565 preamp; if there's interest I'd be glad to submit a review of
the 'table and the preamp, when it arrives.  Oh, and no, I still haven't
figured out what speaker cable I'm eventually going to settle on (sigh...)
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