acaamano
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RE: Possible purchase of Prodigys
I have a system that up to a month ago consisted of Mark Levinson 333 amp driving a set of Apogee Duetta Signatures, along with a pair of Vandersteen 2Ce's. Knowing the Apogees inability to do deep bass, I also had a pair of Vandersteen 2W subwoofers (one powered, one not).
Enticed by the heat that the Levinson gave off, my cat decided to sit on it, and urinated into the unit, frying the amp and causing anywhere from $2,600 to $4,000 of damage.
At first, I was looking to replace it with another 333 or a 335 or 336. After turning over a number of rocks, and coming up empty, I began to consider other options.
The store where I buy most of my gear has been selling a pair of Prodigys, about nine years old for consignment at $4,700, and knowing the few amps that can reliably handle the Apogees, I was thinking to replace the Apogees with the Prodigys to offer me significantly more options on the amplifier end. To drive the Prodigys, I've had it suggested to me to get a Classe CA-2200, which would still come with a full five-year warranty.
Figuring the bass performance of the Prodigys, I was thinking of selling the unpowered Vandersteen 2W, and keeping the powered one, with the thought of running the Prodigys, the 2Ces and the powered 2W off the Classe, by also selling the Aragon 8002 (that had just been running the two subwoofers).
I got an e-mail from Classe, though, to tell me that the amp can't handle reliably both the Vandersteens and the Prodigy, so I guess I'll be left with keeping the Aragon to drive the 2Ces and the subwoofer.
In the end, I would be spending about $9K on the Prodigys and Classe amp, and getting about $2,200 or $2,300 in return for the Apogees and the one Vandersteen subwoofer.
If I were to replace just the amp, and get another Levinson amp, I'd be looking at $3,500 to $4,000 likely to do that, so the difference we're talking about is $2,700.
So for those who have had experience with Prodigy speakers, would such a change of the system be worth it in the end?
Thoughts?
I have a system that up to a month ago consisted of Mark Levinson 333 amp driving a set of Apogee Duetta Signatures, along with a pair of Vandersteen 2Ce's. Knowing the Apogees inability to do deep bass, I also had a pair of Vandersteen 2W subwoofers (one powered, one not).
Enticed by the heat that the Levinson gave off, my cat decided to sit on it, and urinated into the unit, frying the amp and causing anywhere from $2,600 to $4,000 of damage.
At first, I was looking to replace it with another 333 or a 335 or 336. After turning over a number of rocks, and coming up empty, I began to consider other options.
The store where I buy most of my gear has been selling a pair of Prodigys, about nine years old for consignment at $4,700, and knowing the few amps that can reliably handle the Apogees, I was thinking to replace the Apogees with the Prodigys to offer me significantly more options on the amplifier end. To drive the Prodigys, I've had it suggested to me to get a Classe CA-2200, which would still come with a full five-year warranty.
Figuring the bass performance of the Prodigys, I was thinking of selling the unpowered Vandersteen 2W, and keeping the powered one, with the thought of running the Prodigys, the 2Ces and the powered 2W off the Classe, by also selling the Aragon 8002 (that had just been running the two subwoofers).
I got an e-mail from Classe, though, to tell me that the amp can't handle reliably both the Vandersteens and the Prodigy, so I guess I'll be left with keeping the Aragon to drive the 2Ces and the subwoofer.
In the end, I would be spending about $9K on the Prodigys and Classe amp, and getting about $2,200 or $2,300 in return for the Apogees and the one Vandersteen subwoofer.
If I were to replace just the amp, and get another Levinson amp, I'd be looking at $3,500 to $4,000 likely to do that, so the difference we're talking about is $2,700.
So for those who have had experience with Prodigy speakers, would such a change of the system be worth it in the end?
Thoughts?