hi Peter - no worries, i have been on this journey, and hearing your system is on my list should i be blessed w trip East in coming year..you are always welcome to visit and listen my place.
sounds like you landed on fantastic speaker wires, congrats!!!!
i would also recommend visiting Vandy owners forum on Vandy website, there are 5 series owners there w many years experience and system evolution.
i had 5a for years in two different rooms, running them on factory spikes and shoes on hardwood floors. Wires initially the set i loaned you in a shotgun biwire configuration ( you now have a vastly better wire, which i am considering for my TreoCT ). IC are AQ Wild Blue. I used the 7 Filters on factory feet but mass loaded to floor. I use Vandertones, the meter RV suggests, but i also have RTA and calibrated mike to work my room RT60 ( nearly textbook control room target ) with natural room treatments, furnishings, etc...
on amplifiers : i have run them with as few as 75 wpc ( ARC Ref75), the Mac202, Ayre VXR- regular and twenty , i have heard them many times w other amplification from VTL, ARC, Aesthetix, ....yes the like tubes and well executed low negative feedback SS.
while i now run 7’s and the Vandy 7 amps, i believe the 5 series to be an amazing speaker. Richard is tireless at improving, the Quattro and up are lovely as well.
enjoy the music
jim
sounds like you landed on fantastic speaker wires, congrats!!!!
i would also recommend visiting Vandy owners forum on Vandy website, there are 5 series owners there w many years experience and system evolution.
i had 5a for years in two different rooms, running them on factory spikes and shoes on hardwood floors. Wires initially the set i loaned you in a shotgun biwire configuration ( you now have a vastly better wire, which i am considering for my TreoCT ). IC are AQ Wild Blue. I used the 7 Filters on factory feet but mass loaded to floor. I use Vandertones, the meter RV suggests, but i also have RTA and calibrated mike to work my room RT60 ( nearly textbook control room target ) with natural room treatments, furnishings, etc...
on amplifiers : i have run them with as few as 75 wpc ( ARC Ref75), the Mac202, Ayre VXR- regular and twenty , i have heard them many times w other amplification from VTL, ARC, Aesthetix, ....yes the like tubes and well executed low negative feedback SS.
while i now run 7’s and the Vandy 7 amps, i believe the 5 series to be an amazing speaker. Richard is tireless at improving, the Quattro and up are lovely as well.
enjoy the music
jim