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Vandersteen Quatro Wood CT

I am considering buying a pair of used Vandersteen Quatro Wood CTs. I have a few questions. Are the Hi-Pass filters easy to set up? It looks like you need a volt meter to set them up. In addition, if you want to change amps you have set them up again. I'm also, considering new Treo CTs. Is the jump up to the Quatros significant enough to deal with the Hi Pass filters? I may have to pay someone to set them up. I checked HIFI Shark for used prices and they are in the range of 7500 to 13K. New Treos list for 11K.

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wheezer1
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Greetings Referee1,

I've had the original Quatros - pre-wood days for decades.

Yes, the M5-HP is necessary for the Quatros proper functionality.

Every time I roll an amp into my system, I go through the setup process. Signal generator > M5-HP > Amplifier > DMM.  Don't be turned off from buying them because of this. I love the speakers.  (I have expensive TEK bench top sig gen and a few other cheapo from fleabay which are accurate enough. Of course I verify the test signal first in Hz.

 

Ask a friend with a good DMM  and decent skills in it's use.Or, pay someone for the first time. If you have several amps, do them one after another and write down the dip settings for all your amps. When new, the M5-HP filter was an additional charge.

Hope this helps; feel free to ask more........

Cheers,

-W

wheezer1
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No, you still must go through the setup as it comes down to a relationship between 100Hz and 1KHz for the -3db down point. A rather simplified but not so accurate example/explanation of the process.The owner's manual will detail the process. As mentioned above, try to source a video.

 

Cheers,

-W

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