Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo

       "the quattro's mostly solve the bass issues of the treo's"                    So will a pair of 2Wq subs. Actually, the Treo's don't really have bass issues. They just don't go quite as low as the Quattro's. Proper placement will enhance any speakers lower frequencies. As well as room treatment. I have listened to a pair of Treo CT's with 2Wq subs, and a pair of Quattro Ct's.  I preferred the Treo CT/2Wq subs to the stand alone Quattro CT's. So did the salesperson. In regards to my listening, just my opinion. Dynamics really stood out with Treo combo. 8 eight inch woofers for Treo combo versus 4 eight inch woofers for Quattro's.
Cheers,
Tim

Vandersteen ships their speakers standing upright in the box secured to a pallet. The problem is, when a speaker is shipped this way and I suspect most speaker companies ship this way, it will put a driver in the speaker at risk of having its voice coil damaged when speaker is bounced or impacted. When I transport speakers in their box, I lay speakers on their backs so the voice coil will react more naturally  to a bounce  or impact meaning the cone will move up and down more naturally in the magnetic gap. This isn't perfect, but it does help in transit. I had to replace a cone midrange driver that was damaged this way. I did it myself, but I don't think the speaker manufacturer was as fussy about matching the drivers to the crossover as Vandersteen is. If Vandersteen could send you a properly matched driver, you could easily make the repair yourself.

As I suspected. If I understand your description of off center, you have a voice coil skewed in its magnetic gap. Good luck with your repair.
Cheers,
Tim

You might want to use caution in using a XLR to RCA cable with the Codex. I believe Ayre says doing this can damage the Codex.