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What are the best Room Accustic Treaments members have found?
GIK Acoustics Soffit traps dramatically improved the bass in my room by adding punch and enhanced definition. 
PS Audio new Stellar Phono PreAmp?
I would love to hear of any comparisons to the Pass Labs XP 17. 
What's more important in a difficult room, room correction or higher, clean, power?
In my 12 * 22 * 7 foot room, with an additional space under the basement stairs that makes the room L shaped, I got pretty good bass definition with my Vandersteen 5A Carbons. But there were some bad dips between 72 and 120 hz that I could not suf... 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
After waiting a grueling three weeks after I placed my order, I finally have in my possession a set of M5-HPAs. I have them connected between a Pass XP-22 and Vandersteen 5A Carbons. Cabling is AQ Water interconnects and four foot Anticables 3.1. ... 
Finally got to hear the new Vandersteen Kēnto's with the
I took a look at those speaker cables. I know I can’t afford them after ponying up for those amps! I will see how my Anticables do. I thought they were just fine when I demoed those same amps a few months ago. 
Finally got to hear the new Vandersteen Kēnto's with the
It was Nathan Milstein playing the Dvorak violin concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1957, a Capital LP reissue by Cisco. It’s one of my best. The Glazunov violin concerto is on side 2. 
Finally got to hear the new Vandersteen Kēnto's with the
I was in the same room with you! Yes they are something special. When I put on my Dvorak violin concerto LP, I knew that this was good. To my ears, the Kēnto and M5HPA combo, plus the fine upstream source components, put on a very even, smooth and... 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
I hadn’t considered that Roon software could be an issue, except when playing with DSP. If I raise a frequency band really high, say 70db, just to see what happens, the result is bad distortion, but I don’t know if that’s because I was overloading... 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
A partial listing of the equipment in my system includes: Vandersteen 5A Carbons, Pass XP-22, PS Audio Directstream DAC, PS Audio P20 power regenerator, VPI Classic 4, a Roon server and currently one gaping hole because I have no amps since I sold... 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
I just put in an order for a pair! It’s going to be a long next three weeks. 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
So in my system with Vandersteen 5A Carbons, my Pass XA 60.8s do an admirable job, checking almost all of the boxes of the sonic attributes I’m looking for. Then comes along an opportunity recently to demo a pair of Vandersteen M5-HPA’s. Immediate... 
5A Vandersteen
It does not have the 7’s tweeter, it has the 5A Carbon’s tweeter and midrange. The midrange is the same for all three. This is based on looking at all the specs on the Vandersteen website. Not mentioned for the Kēnto is if the crossover’s are batt... 
Vandersteen Kento Specs Released
A few things stand out to me 1) the 6.5 inch woofer vs the 7 inch in the model 5, which I’d think would be an advantage in the model 5. When I went from the Quatro with its 6.5 inch woofer to the 5A Carbon, the upper bass and lower midrange sounde... 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
Another question is how much better the M5-HPA’s internal high pass circuitry is over the external crossovers. I have set of late model balanced with fresh batteries. 
Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18
I’m running my 5A Carbons with a set of Pass XA 60.8s and a Pass XP-22. The latter is quite neutral, I think, and certainly the best preamp I’ve heard. The amps are very good or great, I’m not sure. I suppose it depends on the setup. One thing I’m...