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Couple yrs ago I’ve briefly heard a pair of higher end model Vandersteen speakers (couldn’t remember which model), the ones that cost around $30k/pair, paired with all Audio Research gears and they sounded fabulous together. Very smooth very musical with very good stereo imaging. Not sure how the Vandersteen that you’re interested in will sound and perform driven by your Classe amps in bi-amp configuration. Btw, which Classe stereo amps do you have? And what are the rest of your setup gears?
What’s your budget for the speakers? Are you willing to look for a used pair?
If you have newer Classe amps such as the Classe Delta CA-2300 stereo amp or even the Classe Sigma Amp2 amp, you should consider the newer B&W 800 series D3 speakers eg the 803 D3 or the 802 D3 or even the 804 D3 speakers. These newer B&W 800 series D3 speakers will sound really good driven by the latest generation of Classe Delta series amps such as the CA-2300, CAM-300, CAM-600 amps. The newer B&W 800 series D3 speakers voiced and tuned using these Classe amps. They were designed around these Classe amplifications and are meant to be paired together. They have great sonic synergy together.
But I don’t know which Classe stereo amps you have.
However, Vandersteen makes excellent sounding speakers when paired with the right amplifications and electronics.
Again, it depends on personal tastes and musical tastes when it comes to speaker choices. I also believe in system synergy as a whole.
Focal, Harbeth, Spendor, Sonus Faber, Magico, Wilson Audio Vienna Acoustics, Devore Fidelity, etc make awesome speakers.
In regards to the Maggies, they are difficult to drive and are power hungry and require large spacious room to sound their best. But I would think the big Classe amps such as the CA-2300 stereo amp, the CAM-300 monoblocks, the CAM-600 monoblocks will have no problem driving the big Maggies at all. They will drive them with ease. But again I don’t know which Classe amps you have and plus your room size and shape makes it impossible for the big Maggies.
Couple yrs ago I’ve briefly heard a pair of higher end model Vandersteen speakers (couldn’t remember which model), the ones that cost around $30k/pair, paired with all Audio Research gears and they sounded fabulous together. Very smooth very musical with very good stereo imaging. Not sure how the Vandersteen that you’re interested in will sound and perform driven by your Classe amps in bi-amp configuration. Btw, which Classe stereo amps do you have? And what are the rest of your setup gears?
What’s your budget for the speakers? Are you willing to look for a used pair?
If you have newer Classe amps such as the Classe Delta CA-2300 stereo amp or even the Classe Sigma Amp2 amp, you should consider the newer B&W 800 series D3 speakers eg the 803 D3 or the 802 D3 or even the 804 D3 speakers. These newer B&W 800 series D3 speakers will sound really good driven by the latest generation of Classe Delta series amps such as the CA-2300, CAM-300, CAM-600 amps. The newer B&W 800 series D3 speakers voiced and tuned using these Classe amps. They were designed around these Classe amplifications and are meant to be paired together. They have great sonic synergy together.
But I don’t know which Classe stereo amps you have.
However, Vandersteen makes excellent sounding speakers when paired with the right amplifications and electronics.
Again, it depends on personal tastes and musical tastes when it comes to speaker choices. I also believe in system synergy as a whole.
Focal, Harbeth, Spendor, Sonus Faber, Magico, Wilson Audio Vienna Acoustics, Devore Fidelity, etc make awesome speakers.
In regards to the Maggies, they are difficult to drive and are power hungry and require large spacious room to sound their best. But I would think the big Classe amps such as the CA-2300 stereo amp, the CAM-300 monoblocks, the CAM-600 monoblocks will have no problem driving the big Maggies at all. They will drive them with ease. But again I don’t know which Classe amps you have and plus your room size and shape makes it impossible for the big Maggies.