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Vandersteen Model 7 in large room with power music

I will be listening to the Model 7s tomorrow at Audio Connections in NJ. My room is 32 x 18x 10 and I listen to a lot of power type classical music. These speakers have been criticized by TAS (Harley) for not being good at loud levels in large rooms. Anyone have any experience with this speaker in that situation? I now use RS1Bs which are very dynamic and are great in a large room but have no where near the transparency of even the Model 5As. Still I do not want not can I afford to spend big bucks on the large Nolas which I heard at Lyric and really liked although $45,000 would still be a large financial stretch for me. Comments. I would be using VTL 300s with the speaker and a Spectral 20 preamp.
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tdaudio
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I run 5As in a 17x27x10 foot room with some absorption room treatment. Amps are ARC Ref110 and Ref 210 monos. The Ref 110 is enough as were Pass Aleph 2 monos (100W class A) but the extra head room of the Ref 210s is nice to have.

I remember reading that the 7s work fine with a 100 watt amp. But the reported sensitivity number of the 7 is lower than the 5A and the impedence is also a tad lower. I would want more than 100 watts for the 7s in a large room.

Maybe I have gotten use to the 5As, but I don't find the image height significantly lacking with analog playback. In fact, if the image seems kinda "short" I find it to be evidence that I need to tweek the VTF and or VTA on my arm.
But no doubt there are other speaker designs that make a taller sound stage.
Terry
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