Electrostat Speakers with sub. Finally

I have a pair of acoustat model 3s and i love them. yes, the bass is somewhat weak as goes the common notion. but during my visit to optimal enchantment (see recent thread) to audition preamps the owner Randy suggested checking out the vandersteen 2wq sub ($1,300) which has it's own 300watt amp and these funky little extra crossovers that simply connect to the ends of your rca interconnects running from your pre into your amp. (he swears this is the best way to cross over). Well. WOW. this is what i've been looking for. at first i was playing some whimpy music and thought, i been robbed! i couldn't hear the sub at all (which is the point - that is until you need it). then as i started listening to different music, mainly some coltrane with lots of Paul Chambers freaking out, the bass came alive adn the whole midrange of the speaker opened up with clarity and detail and of course, the bass was slamming. did some hunting around on audioasylum after the fact just to verify and found people getting similar results.
worth a listen