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Looking For Advice After Dumb Vandy Purchase

Good evening fellow enthusiasts. Looking for advice after just making a stupid purchasing error. I usually do good research before making any transaction but I fell in love hard and got burned.

Just paid for some used Vandersteen Quatro for a "decent" price but failed to notice the purchase dis not include the crossovers. I live in the boonies so dont have a dealer handy to maybe just make my gear work without the crossovers, and it seems now the cost of new ones are a staggering $1295.00. This was for sure not in my budget as I am needing a couple of other pieces to complete this puzzle. Worse yet...once I take delivery of the Quatros...I wont have a way to even give them the once over sound wise to make sure they sound fine. 

Any advice? I am bummed beyond all get out at this moment. 
troutki50

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oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
 I looked at the box, the board, the parts mounted, to the board.

The number of hours figuring it out, 40-50 hours, if your real slow....
Time is money.... I'm retired..  

Different way of building a speaker for sure. A  proprietary active crossover...with built in tone control... OK.. Sounds like a good idea
until you need to replace something...  Do people repair the factory OXOs? Or just swap them out if they get the "new puppy chew toy"
treatment?

Just wondering?

Regards
oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
Does anyone have a schematic of the crossover? I know I can figure one out from there. For 1200 dollars a pop.. I'd be looking, and building, my own.  I'm sure there is a workaround and from the pic I saw.. AND better than factory.. Full of Wima caps, from what I saw...They are good stuff, BUT, there is a better cap for certain applications in a crossover, no doubt.

The straps are inline filters too? If so... that's PA stuff... Lots of
options there...

I saw an XO called "Sirl's Killer" too. Seems to be an alternative.

Danny at GR research... He may have something...

Regards

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