Weighting down Vandy 2wq's?


After owning two 2wq's for a few years, I felt they had more to offer in impact and tautness than I was realizing from my system. I hit upon the idea of mass loading the top of each sub. A quick trip to Walmart and $78 later, I had placed one 45 lb. weight lifting disc on each cabinet. The bass is deeper and tighter than ever before. The impact of each deep bass note is so much greater, giving drive to music containing deep bass content. Symphonic works benefit spacially with the soundspace benefitting from the reproduction of deep atmospheric bass. The soundspace is larger and more palpable.

I highly recommend this tweak to any and all 2wq owners. This would probably benefit other brands of subs. as well.
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One last thing is to Make sure the Vandersteen 2WQ spikes are adjusted with a bubble level on top of the speaker.
This will make a nice improvement even without the weights.
Best Johnnyr
Greetings Bondmap
((And thank you, Johnny R., for the tip on leveling the subs.)) sorry to hear about the back.
Read Eat right for Blood type author Peter Dadamo
helped my back a bunch
Please let us know what you think when you level them.
and Halcro glad to see you are enjoying
Best Johnnyr