Quatro Wood CT VS. 5A's

Russ, who was the dealer? Does he live close enough to deliver and set it up for you?

Other than bass you will find the Quatro CT's better from the mids on up. The bass on the 5A's will have much more volume, however the quality of the bass will be similar. I have the regular Treo's and am still kicking myself for not getting the CT version that wasn't quite out yet. Just timing for the most part, but as soon as I heard the CT version of the Quatro and Treo's I just melted. What size room will they be used in? The Quatro puts out a lot of bass and can fill up a big room well. If the bass in the Quatro has enough volume for your room then it's going to be a no brainer. Both are incredible choices as you probably already know.

Great response Tom. Go with Quatro CT and don't overthink. Just enjoy.

I personally don't love the ML. Vandersteen is a very fast and clear speaker but it's still so engaging. listeninf is the only way. There is a reason we all love our Vandys though.

The quatro? Great news. I'm sure you keep loving them. I'm trying like heck to swing a pair.

Great thread. I'm about to upgrade to the Quatro's through Johnny. Still trying to figure out which wood I want. I wanted a Crimson red with tons of metallic flake, but it's way too costly, lol. Do many options Vandersteen offers and all are wonderful.I have cherry Treo's right now, but all the furniture I have made in my listening loft is quarter sawn white oak (highly figured), sapelle and mahogany. You always want an odd number of woods in your room to look right. Since the sapele is similar to mahogany, that gives me the option to do a different species of wood.

Russ, the nice thing is that you seem to have a great dealer to help you out with everything. Johnny, thanks for clearing up the rear firing tweeter for us. I always wanted a switch to turn the wife on or off, lol.

Guys, It's spoken about in the owners manual. It says that using the rear tweeter adds 100% distortion, because the front tweeter has reproduced all of the info in the recording. In over damped rooms one has 2 options. 1) play the main tweeter louder but then the first arival (most important) info is skewed and no longer an acurate representation of what was on the recording. 2) use a rear tweeter that is adjustable in amplitude and high-pass frequency to add a small amount of energy into the reverbarent field.

Richard believes the second option is better in over damped rooms because it preserves the direct sound as recorded. It is very rare that this should be used but the Model 5 in its day was his flagship and if this feature helped offer a better balance in 1 out of 100 system it belonged. The same is now true of the Model Seven. It is important to note that the best option is to fix the acoustics of the room and turn the rear tweeter off.