CANTON Vento Reference 3 DC vs. the 3.2 Model

@revrob I am considering these speakers as well. What is "phonemail value"? What other reference speakers would you compare them to? My only concern is price. Is the price TOO low?!? Only in an audiophilia forum would someone even ask that question. Lol

@revrob , thanks for the long post. I wish it were longer! Lol

It seems that Accessories4Less.com has quite a bit of latitude when it comes to lowering the price of these speakers. The lone review of the 3.2 DC says the buyer paid $4600 instead of the listed $6k price and that included the $1k center channel speaker! You paid $3500 instead of the $4k listed price. Great deals all abound.

I don't expect to sell the speakers soon or ... ever but it does give me pause that there seems to be absolutely no secondary market for these speakers. Poo happens right? I try to prepare for the worst.

I don't mind the shipping costs because I am considering other ~100 lb speakers. My first choice is the Legacy Audio Signature SE, used of course, for ~$4500. They are 106 lbs, 148 lbs shipped.

I really want to obtain cross sectional diagrams and schematics for the speakers. Canton seems to use exceptional drivers. I'm just being paranoid. If A4L extends the $4600 deal to me I think I have NO choice but to pull the trigger. Would you mind posting pictures or if that is not de rigueur PM'ing them to me? 

Thank you so much.

I finally purchased these speakers as well this week. I purchased the Canton Vento Reference 3 DC and the Vento 866.2 center channel. They arrived yesterday and and I connected them expeditiously. They are absolutely amazing straight out of the box. I am very thrilled and extremely thankful that I came across these posts. I was concerned because there is definitely a dearth of good information on these speakers.

On a down note, I contacted Canton to determine the differences between the 3 DC and the 3.2 DC. The short answer is NOTHING! There is absolutely no difference between them. So A4L / Canton is using a Stereophile review of the 3.2 to price the speakers at $6k. They are then taking the same speakers and branding it 3, linking to the same Stereophile review of the 3.2s. Of course, the obvious question is How are they different?

This alone leans towards fraud, misrepresentation, and false advertising. Maybe borderline. Borderline. Crosses the borderline. However, when they blatantly advertise on the A4L web site that the 3 has the tungsten / manganese tweeter yet the 3.2 has the ceramic tweeter that clearly crosses the line into fraud. The tweeters are exactly the same because they are the same exact speakers. I confirmed this with Canton. The insert included with speakers upon receipt clearly reads ceramic.

I hope no one who purchased the 3.2s actually reads this post if they want to continue to be happy. Ignorance is bliss.

That notwithstanding, the speakers are absolutely amazing. They are definitely Reference quality speakers worthy of a price many-fold more than the $4000 (or $6000) purchase price. Snicker. There seems to not be a resale market for these speakers currently. That’s easy. Don’t sell them or arrange for a private placement. I don’t plan on ever parting with them. They are that AMAZING.