The cabinet and speakers are carbon fiber. I think a great deal is to get a used 5A and get the offered upgrade of the new drivers to be put into the 5A cabinet. According to Vandersteen himself, it gets you very close to the 7's. The upgrade is not available yet. I guess Vandersteen needs those new drivers to make the 7's, but he promises the upgrade will be available.
I can dream, can't I? Vandersteen Model 7
The market dropped again today and it will be a loooong time before I can resume my profilgate spending on gear but this speaker piqued my curiosity. Has anyone heard it? I'm told my present speaker (Hales T8) is similar to the model 5. I would assume that at $45K it would be considerably better than the 5....Just curious if anyone has impressions.