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The
Diva was Apogee's
most expensive ribbon speaker when it was released in 1988. Nearly as large as
the original Full Range it was a 3-way system, slightly over 6 feet tall with a
very large trapezoidal bass panel, a 3 element aluminium midrange ribbon and a
tweeter made from a single strip of aluminium foil.
The design has an external crossover box with controls for bass (normal-lo), overall midrange
level (normal-high), upper midrange (high-normal-lo), and tweeter level
(high-normal-lo).
At over 6 feet
tall the Diva does tend to dominate a room, although from my experience the bass
is better controlled than the Duetta Signature which makes it more room friendly, at least in terms of room interaction in the low
frequencies. It does want to be at least 3 feet, and no more than 5 feet from the rear wall, and
although the recommended clearance from side walls is at least 10", I have
found 2 feet
or more helps the imaging considerably.
New
information 10th December 2000
There were 2 versions of the Diva.
After 1993 Divas
were made to special order only.
The midrange ribbon of the later model is visibly different as the 3 strips are
the same width, as opposed to the earlier version where the middle strip is
narrower.
7th May 2001 - This now appears to be a possible error in ribbon production, not an intentional change
as ribbon trace widths varied due to the hand-cutting
The later version will have serial numbers starting from 6000, as opposed to
from 10000 for the originals.
A person with the later Divas talked to Jason Bloom
and he explained that more important than the change of the midrange ribbon was
the change to stronger magnets, which considerably increased the magnetic field
strength. This also increased the maximum SPL to 118dB.
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The
Diva's outboard crossover was modified after serial number 10360
to make conversion for DAX (dedicated active crossover)operation
easier, not to alter the sound.
See the DAX page and manual
for more information on converting the crossovers |
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