That sounds about right!
Way back then... when we were moving out, I had to repair our Diva's back in hometown and over there every so called panel speaker expert were just guessing. It never sounded right after several attempts, at the end we shipped them all the way to Spore and finally was restored by a dedicated Apogee chap who knew about these things inside out. When we received the final invoice, plus shipping and handling charges, plus CIF (cost, insurance - freight) we nearly fell off our chairs! And so the story goes, it was promptly sold to one of our very own dealers. Still has them running with a full line up of Pass Labs XS300 series (dual chassis huge affair...). So whenever I get a chance to visit, which hasn't happened since this wonderful covid, it's a fun experience to be able to listen to these legendary ribbons fully rebuilt. Driven with PL XS300 amplifiers is something else!
During that time when I decided to close shop and sell off whatever, we still had a handful of our personal favourites; the CLS IIz's, Infinity IRS 1B, and of course the Quads. Just before heading off to Aus (down unda) two of my very close dealer mates, purchased the lot! CJ ART preamp, the Premier 8A monoblocks, and all three of those speaker systems. Of course I wasn't going to haul any of those to Aus, simply because the cost was outrageous, and so I arrived with nothing and started from scratch since 2004..
Visited so many Aus importers for some great gear and systems but nothing was quite like the Diva's nor the CLS, and so my quest continued... went through a few things, Jamos, Infinity's, Wilson's, Maggie's, Quads... and then Sept 2018 oh wow! There it was, the awesome CLX Art. I've never seen nor heard anything like it before. Glimpses of those very fine CLS tonality traits were there but this was a completely radical concept. Triple stators, dual Mylars, with a separate CLS panel dedicated to mids & highs, and top notch parts inside, plus those superior EI core trannys, with special metal alloys used in the framework, pure stainless steel heavy duty locking collars, and the list goes on... From that first note I knew straight away this is it! And never looked back.
I guess at the end of the day, it simply is a very personal thing, hence I may never be more happier with anything else, might as well just sit back and enjoy those fine tunes!
Cheers Brad, I hear you!
Woofty woof! RJ