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Which Speaker Manufacturers (Besides ATC or PCM Feature Large Soft Dome Mid?
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Best amps for everything EXCEPT bass
OP sorry just rereading your postnot sure about swarm, maybe you are right and can ignore sub 100 hz performance  
Best amps for everything EXCEPT bass
ran Vandy 5a and now 7’s with Ayre VX-R ( later upgraded to Twenty)pretty good sound IMOyou do want an amp with excellent low end chacteristics because the transfer function is preserved with the Vandersteen high input subwoofer system. The Ayre h... 
Help/advice with next upgrade
Peter_Syesa shotgun biwire and the external config sounds better also!cables i have heard w 2’s include Nordost, Audioquest ( Vandersteen shares the DBS patent w Low so that might give you a hint), Acoustic zen, and CardasAQ make a nice range of s... 
Help/advice with next upgrade
cool and interesting system....first let me disclose my bias as I am a big fan of Vandersteen. I would keep those but religiously check the setup vs the excellent math based system in the manual. get a laser so you know where the tweeter is aimed.... 
David Berning Quadrature Z or Vitus SS-101
this threadat least for meis extreme reinforcement to chase those passions NOW !!!!RIP dude 
Vandersteens, PSB or something else?
BummerOP caught in a crossfire hurricanebtw Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore is a seminal album and worthy of a great rig... there is great subtlety captured in the drums and symbols... lots of Air and hall ambience in Mountain Jam for examplethe ... 
Another soundstage question
Mcbbut did it beat the Snells ? A fantastic speaker btw imoalso thanks for posting the linkgood to learn another approach !!!! 
Dealers hijacking the discussions
 Mostly if disclosed I can navigate around dealer speaksome do a rather artful job: JohnnyR and Ralph at Atmosphere come to mind...but I will say some others are off-putting , without getting into a pissing match I do my best to refute claims and ... 
Vandersteens, PSB or something else?
A Vandersteen fan for surebut not a dealera center channel with the carbon fiber / balsa drivers would blow your whole budget - which is why they do not make such a beast....Vandy HT is well thought out but is not sloppy Q bombastic stuff which is... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
I must have that &@$€£¥* ! Italian keyboard alsoi just wanted to explain my biasand yes lucky bastardJazz - must be some Quattro stocking Vandy dealers somewhere on your whirlwind USA vacation pathway.... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
Dayour password is secure !!!hope you have a fantastic vacation herei did a bit of an AM email exchange with RVthe measured response was a room floor bounce / wall coupling issue that JA did measure but that you do not see in the anechoic chamber ... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
probably a plot to make  it look like the Italians did it..... 
Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo
again....use the phone and call Richard...hardworking dude picks up the phone....he actually uses science and measures his speakers so IF there is a “ lower midrange suckuot” he would know and could probably tell you IF he made chages  to rectify ... 
Another soundstage question
my brother in law has 2ce they throw a very big and convincing sounstagesomething in your setup not right...distance from rear wall effects image depth mosti would check tilt first, then toe in and of course follow the vandersteen instructions.