tomic601
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| Optimal Vandersteen 2Wq settings Any decent acoustic bass recording playing scales so you can get the transition volume levels to match will work.Richard recommends Ray Brown - Soular Energy - I agree and use that - and IMO also dang fine music.As for Q I would encourage some exp... | |
| New maggie 1.7's ........ need help! Key advice to try both !listen !!!!! | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation Get some heavy cardboard and make a BIG baffle front for the LS 35a..... that will help you get an idea about all the xxx you are missing !mostly kiddingresearch good, listening betterthanks also for sharing your journey and process with usgood on... | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation I had a nice three year run paying for college using LaScalla in utility fir plywood as a PA for a rockabilly band...the other half was paid for selling KEF, SOTA, Quad, Dynavector, Vandersteen, etc...they will be great for Zoso....buy hearing pro... | |
| Any Vandersteen 7 Owners in SFO Bay Area ? Sorry the VTL are 180 wpc there were also two towers of Shunyata power conditioners.i also listened to Diana Krall live in Paris - a disc I am hyper familiar with - I would say my digital front end system can keep up on many variables... I would c... | |
| Any Vandersteen 7 Owners in SFO Bay Area ? Congrats on getting your 7's !!!! That color is so cool !!!!i was in Bruce's place in San Diego recently and heard his 7' in Red - they were sublime with Ref Recordings Symphonic Dances disc.the chain: Delos , Bardo w tube power supply, Brinkmann ... | |
| Vandersteen It is an spl meterthe Vandertones disc is referenced back to known inaccuracy in the meterit is a better low frequency spl meter than many $500 pro consumer calibrated microphones.and it is reinforcing evidence that every $ must add value.it is im... | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation IMO you are reading too much....I sometimes do the sameyou have a very fine near point source low diffraction near baffleless design in the speaker you own today and enjoy it seems except for SPL.that is a big big hint about what you should auditi... | |
| Vandersteen And Theils Jim's anyway are -/$&@! Fine speakers | |
| Vandersteen JafantAs you should at 4 x the price of ordinary 2'sAnd as you are very well aware, Jim T ( RIP ) is a designer prehaps the designer most aligned with Richard on basic design parameters and philosophy... | |
| Vandersteen the comments about value are absurd. Richard is hyper frugal and nothing absolutely nothing makes it into a speaker without adding value.The 3A sig use same tweeter and mid as the vaunted 5aTyler while sourcing direct to consumer use Scanspeak dr... | |
| Vandersteeen 2wq (or any sub) in small room download Vandertones..it is free..spend $40 on a Radio Shack analog spl meter and see what your Two's are doing in the room today....then try to optimize placementthen go on a hunt for Vandy subwoofers or just bit bullet on a pair of Quatros....t... | |
| Vandersteen having owned 3A Sig for a decade before moving to 5 A and now 7 Mk2 I will say there are a couple of critical things to get right about the Model 3 in general.First it sounds like you did not buy them thru a dealer - make sure they are not broken ... | |
| Killer Floor Standing Speakers under $4000 for Rock? chasing our tails to get THE sound for rock is somewhat crazy given the many studios, etc..So yes we have some agreement.I am with Jafant, I happen to prefer Vandersteens driven by a tube front end and a solid state amp.I hope the OP gets where he... | |
| Killer Floor Standing Speakers under $4000 for Rock? repectfully. disagreemonitors do matter at every step in the chainthey vary widelya ton of classic rock was recorded and mastered with big JBL's with a host of strengths and known issues. The West coast sound is not a myth. |