Electrostat Speakers with sub. Finally


I have a pair of acoustat model 3s and i love them. yes, the bass is somewhat weak as goes the common notion. but during my visit to optimal enchantment (see recent thread) to audition preamps the owner Randy suggested checking out the vandersteen 2wq sub ($1,300) which has it's own 300watt amp and these funky little extra crossovers that simply connect to the ends of your rca interconnects running from your pre into your amp. (he swears this is the best way to cross over). Well. WOW. this is what i've been looking for. at first i was playing some whimpy music and thought, i been robbed! i couldn't hear the sub at all (which is the point - that is until you need it). then as i started listening to different music, mainly some coltrane with lots of Paul Chambers freaking out, the bass came alive adn the whole midrange of the speaker opened up with clarity and detail and of course, the bass was slamming. did some hunting around on audioasylum after the fact just to verify and found people getting similar results.
worth a listen
kublakhan
Good for you!!!! To get even more pleasure out of your
system, try an incredible amp like the Spectral DMA200.
Then try different speaker cables(believe me they work).
You might even be able to get away from a dynamic subwoofer.
Dave Lewis(address unknown these days) had a book on how
to make an electrostatic subwoofer. Now has anyone using
electrostats tried hooking up a second pair of Acoustats
with an electronic active crossover with a steep cutoff
curve so the second pair acts as a subwoofer. Or maybe
better still hook them up in parallel(series??) to increase bass response??? Someone in the early 70s had 5 pairs of
Advent speakers in parallel(series??). Boy did it give a great bass response for the times.