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Met Richard Vandersteen today

I was invited to hear Mr. Vandersteen today at a dealers home. I also got to hear his many excellent spkrs. Richard I must say is a down to earth gentleman. He does not talk above you although I'm sure he can. He explained how he got started and what he did to improve his design. He also mentioned that there are only five spkrs that are time aligned. Can you name them? Anyway most of the gear was AR and I also got to hear a 275.00 sony sacd player. All said I was most pleased with the session and would recommed you go to listen to Richard when he gets to your town. (He was in Charlotte NC)
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unsound
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I'm not sure about this but I believe the "Time Windows" had "stepped" driver arrangement, but not the appropriate crossovers to be truly time aligned.
unsound
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I have met Mr. Vandersteen many years ago, a straight shooter and a gentleman. How ever I do believe there are more than 5 time aligned speakers.
unsound
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Meadowlark,Spica,any cross-overless single driver design(?).
unsound
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Again, I'm not sure about his but I believe the "Dahlquist"
had a "stepped" driver arrangement, but not the appropriate cross-overs to be truely time aligned. How about panels, such as Yankee and Martin Logan CL?
unsound
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I don't believe the frames of the Quads are that much bigger than the posts used to support the grilles on the Vandersteens, as such they might be able to make the same claim. Not that it really matters, but if want want the right answers, you need to ask the right questions.
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