Touching on some of the other comments, the Vandy's ( or is it "Vandie's" ??? ) offer in-room tuning of the low frequency section. This this is probably one of the hardest areas to get "right" in any installation, i would rank this feature quite high on the list desirable features.
To take this one step further, you can literally change low frequency response and output characteristics to suit individual recordings and then return them to "flat response" at the flip of a few switches. Like it or not from a technical or "accuracy" standpoint, there are some recordings that are just plain muddy or thin sounding and need some help. Being able to do something like this and do it easily can only make your listening sessions more enjoyable.
For the record, the Vandy 5 is capable of pretty thunderous bottom end. I'm not just talking about high output levels, i'm talking about TIGHT bass.
Would you like to guess which speaker i'd be buying ??? : ) Sean
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To take this one step further, you can literally change low frequency response and output characteristics to suit individual recordings and then return them to "flat response" at the flip of a few switches. Like it or not from a technical or "accuracy" standpoint, there are some recordings that are just plain muddy or thin sounding and need some help. Being able to do something like this and do it easily can only make your listening sessions more enjoyable.
For the record, the Vandy 5 is capable of pretty thunderous bottom end. I'm not just talking about high output levels, i'm talking about TIGHT bass.
Would you like to guess which speaker i'd be buying ??? : ) Sean
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