I have auditioned the Summits a couple of times at my dealer.
The Summits panels are alot bigger than the Vantages.
I liked the sound of the Summits driven by Mac 501s.
I did not listen to the Vantages because they where not ideally set up in a different room.
One thing I dislike about the Summits is the image height. It sounds like it is about 18 inch off the floor. This is because the woofer is about 6 inches from the floor and is crossed over at about 250 hz or higher. I brought this up to the salesman and he said the reason is their set up guy is really short. Which is B.S. He also said they just need to be tilted back to bring up the height.
Panel speakers sound best when they are straight up and down. I imagine that you could put them on some platforms to raise their height but these speakers also have downfiring woofers. So the platforms would have to be very solid.
I would assume that the Vantages would have the same problem because they are a very similar design.
YMMV,
Sean
The Summits panels are alot bigger than the Vantages.
I liked the sound of the Summits driven by Mac 501s.
I did not listen to the Vantages because they where not ideally set up in a different room.
One thing I dislike about the Summits is the image height. It sounds like it is about 18 inch off the floor. This is because the woofer is about 6 inches from the floor and is crossed over at about 250 hz or higher. I brought this up to the salesman and he said the reason is their set up guy is really short. Which is B.S. He also said they just need to be tilted back to bring up the height.
Panel speakers sound best when they are straight up and down. I imagine that you could put them on some platforms to raise their height but these speakers also have downfiring woofers. So the platforms would have to be very solid.
I would assume that the Vantages would have the same problem because they are a very similar design.
YMMV,
Sean