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End of life for Vandersteen IICe?

Hey guys, I have a pair of Vandersteen 2Ce’s that were blown out by a house sitter. To the best of my diagnosing ability, multiple drivers are blown and the crossovers are toast. They are cosmetically in extremely good condition. They’ve been replaced by a pair of Vandersteen 3A’s. Any advice on what I can do with them short of taking them to the landfill?? I cringe at the idea of doing that but I’m getting pretty tired of seeing them sitting around. I’d be happy if a hobbyist was willing to pay the shipping to work on them (which I am not interested in doing). I have the original boxes.

Also have the factory stands which I suppose are pretty marketable.

 

Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions.

 

 

 

cantarkus
soix
8,893 posts
 

Hope you at least fired the house sitter.  That’s a shame. 

patrickdowns's avatar
patrickdowns
499 posts
 

Sounds like they are dead and not worth fixing. You can buy a clean used pair for less than $500, so it wouldn’t be worth putting money into them. Nothing lives forever! You can probably sell the stands though.

gdnrbob
4,419 posts
 

If you are handy and can do some light soldering, then contact Vandersteen to see what it costs to replace the drivers and crossovers.

And, since you are Vandy owner, then post on the Vandy forum(go to the Vandy website). I bet Mr. V. will answer.

Bob

curiousjim's avatar
curiousjim
4,248 posts
 

Landfill I’m sorry to say. You can buy another pair used for less than you can but replacement parts and then comes your labor…

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