Vandersteen VLR CT

And for the poster in SoCal I hear Randy at Optimal Enchantment in Santa Monica also has VLR-CT

call to confirm :-)

@smer319 here on Audiogon owns Sunnys :-) 

I will let Vandersteen know about website glitch !!!

@glissando no I am sadly unemployable!!! By choice. I can assure you Sunil is an authorized Vandersteen dealer and as an owner of Vandersteen gear and part time resident in SoCal I get in there from time to time. I have no financial connection, just an avid audiophile !

You can hear the CT version of the VLR at Sunny Components in Covina. IF we clear COVID, you are welcome to hear my TREO CT in Carlsbad:-)

The carbon tweeter is just hyper fatigue free ( no breakup until a very high frequency ) it has the accuracy needed but without the leading edge bite of metal. Sure metal can sound very good but less breakup gives the designer more latitude on bandwidth and filter design.... with the caveat that the aerospace grade CF diaphragm is expensive...
sure the holy grail is pistonic and inexpensive- some of us lay awake at night working on that...
imo 
breakup and non pistonic motion should be the bane of any speaker designer who is not selling flavors....

they sound great either way, but the back wall position is still amazing

Peter - how wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!

might be time to start the Vanderecycling club.... cycle them to the next happy owner...

last week was a Treo CT moved to get Quattro CT so that owner could get 7’s....fun...

but as Tim ( @mr_m  ) says..working the setup and room can yield amazing improvements.....

have fun, enjoy the music....

sometimes picking up the phone is hyper productive and cuts thru speculation ( my own included )... press 2 to connect with Richard...he is working today..

yes, very pistonic
no change to binding post, they utilize terminal strips same as used everywhere in the line which facilitates a direct connection to the crossovers...no wire needed.  ( as an aside, for those of us who have taken Vandersteen apart to replace crossover bias batteries in the 5a for example understand how cool and robust the direct connection is !!!!! )
yes some upgraded and changed components in the filters
and unlike the regular VLR
they go into anechoic chamber for hand tuning to the drivers...
the RV builds the carbon tweeter dome in house...

so add all that up and to me anyway does not sound like rent jacking....

Jon at Ultra Fidelis has sold many, many pair of the new VLR-CT

suggest a phone call to him as well.

best to all, enjoy the music !!!!!

disclosure, I own 3 pair of Vandersteen in a collection of ten pair of speakers...well ten is the number I use for WAF....

Richard will be in my neighborhood at Stereo Unlimited San Diego on the 26th of February- hopefully with a pair but as Bruce displays everything, he may already have them....
when I spoke to RV he had just sent a prototype pair to a dealer who loved them - May have been Johnny R

i think a pair of VLR-CT on Sound Anchor stands with sub 3 would be astounding

i have heard the regular VLR many many times at Advanced Audio in Tacoma w modest power...sweet

but I am biased...