Progress - what a wonderful concept. Yes, my Duetta Sig's are singing wonderfully now. The reticence I heard was really due to a bit of a setup issue. Now that the crossover has been externally housed and parts replaced and such the speakers needed to be slightly repositioned.
If you have Apogees then you know that literally 1/4" can make a huge difference in soundstaging and presentation. This fro the view of distance to the listening seat, distance to the front wall, toe in, cant of the speaker. What a pain to get right, but when you do it all comes together nicely.
I think I have it together now, just in time for the cold winter months when I can sit and listen without having to worry about cutting the lawn, or playing golf, or doing the gardening, etc.
What I am hearing, in terms of improvement (from memory, obviously):
- tighter bass overall
- tighter character everywhere
- more even presentation across the spectrum
- less "in your face-ness", more behind the plane of the speaker presentation, just as deep
- no etch
- still top notch imaging and soundstaging
- less of an initial "surprise" at how nice these are and more of a natural sounding presentation. No ear popping standout surprises.
- Just as dynamic