tomic601

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Back to the drawing board
good on ya, have fun on vacation !!!!!the fact that your sub is still in production all these years later after countless upgrades, investment by Vandersteen and now with 11 band EQ should speak octaves about the quality and suitablility for many ... 
Any Sota Sapphire experts out there?
thanks to all the posters past. I am w SOTA factory help resurrecting an older Sapphire and am wading thru some potential upgrade options. The table is for my “ Vintage “ system, so let’s not get to carried away, but assist w prudent while at fact... 
Back to the drawing board
Let me know how I can help get the Vandy working well, those were $1,600 each before the model 3 came out, they are very fine 
Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns
@bainbmil. well that ks certainly well sorted, have yet to hear a system built around a Well Tempered that sounded terrible...you may be underating it in terms of influence...just my three cents, was one before inflation.... 
Rogue audio amp thoughts
+1 for Rogue. The aesthetix, while fantastic is much more $$$$$$ 
Hihat Question
and I can assure you, certain high end ultra purity speaker and amp designers I talk to are VERY aware of this issue...rumor has it the Vandersteen preamp will have..wait for it.....tone controls...., defeatable and inaudible when not needed, usef... 
Hihat Question
not hucking a broken stick, but I saw some interesting settings on the mid and tweeter level controls in the Vandersteen for sales of late.....IF they sound right in the near field, then IT is the room, not front end components.BTW, rush is unlist... 
Back to the drawing board
and because I am a fanboy, for $3 K you can get a Vandersteen Sub 3 with 11 bands of analog EQ that will mate seamlessly with whatever you have on top of it..... 
Back to the drawing board
Q =.7 not going to sell well at Best Buy ( or alot of other places also...most setups I redo have the expensive subs set way to high in output and crossover frequency also - the ear is very sensitive to phase in the lower mid....some good low to n... 
Hihat Question
i can hear the beginings of the AFB..audiogon forum band...I call dibs on the board...probably have to fight ieales for it...maybe I can just be the roadie..ha 
Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns
@ihas.   ask her about utility function derivation....but hey my teachers are all Chicago school..ha 
Spectral and Apogee owners only please with full respect pertaining to this request
Start with schematic for crossovers, test all the caps, replace those out of spec.or rebuild crossovers with higher quality parts 
Source for Belden 9497 speaker wire?
@x1and what makes it better than Belden ? 
Used Market Savings vs. The Dealer Experience
A lot of sage wisdom this thread......my used Triplaner is currently lost in transit..,we shall all see how the saga plays out.., 
Hihat Question
And the Acoustic Zen are very hard to beat without spending crazy ( as some would even say essential) money $$$$$$