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Anyone had Vandersteen 3's upgraded to 3A Sig?

Hi,

I have a 12 year old pair of Vandersteen Model 3s that have served my system faithfully over that time and through many other system upgrades.

I have been researching my options on a new pair of speakers, since the rest of my system has far surpassed my trustee Vandy 3's (at least in terms of list price!).

As all of you know, buying new speakers online is not as easy as buying other equipment, due to the cost/risk of shipping them.

As I considered my options, one interesting idea I discovered was to have my Vandy 3's upgraded to 3A Signatures for $1600.

I am also considering adding 2 Vandy 2Wq subwoofers to aproximate the sound of Vandy 5's.

Some of my concerns are:

Shipping my perfect Vandy 3's across the country for the upgrade. I would hate to have them lost or destroyed by UPS!

Adding a crossover and more cabling into the signal path, which I try to keep as simple and direct as I can.

If anyone has experience with either of these topics, I would appreciate hearing about it.

My associated equipment:

Meridian 586.2 DVD/CD used as a transport for audio/video.
dCS Purcell D/D upsampler - Cardas Lightning RCA intercon.
dCS Elgar D/A Converter - 2 Cardas AES/EBU for 192 upsamp.
Krell KSA 150 with all new Caps - AudioQuest Amazon XLR.
Vandersteen 3's - Audioquest Dragon+ (top) Sterling3 (bot)
Sound Application CF-X - Delta MAC powercord

Thanks.
davemon

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maxgain
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Davemon,
The cross over for the 2wq's can be quite transparent providing that you DON'T; #1,use the switchable X-over box that comes with them. #2,use the wrong value fixed filter. #3,use the Vandersteen fixed filters(they cloud the sound in a bad way).

DO; #1, use the Vandersteen 5 crossover. #2, solder High quality caps(the Vandersteen fixed X-2 used cheap muddy crap) in the amp at the input for the filter value or have some filters custom made using the cap brand of your choice.

I had to learn this the hard way!
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