Calling on Vandersteen 5a owners

Hi Bruce, I understand. Does this mean going away from a floor standing speaker entirely? If you can stay with a floor stander you may want to consider the Quatro. It will take up a lot less space and sound almost as good as a pair of 5s. Plus, they will probably be available with an all wood finish eventually. (No promises as this is only a rumor.) Just a thought.
Michael

Hi Michael, That's a possibility. However, I think she is wanting something with lots of beautiful wood and little black grill cloth, which is why I've been considering the Avalon. This will be a long search, which ain't all bad to an audiophile!
Cheers,
Bruce

Hi Bruce,
Good luck. I think that you'll like the Quatros quite a bit. You should have your local Vandersteen dealer find out about the wood version of the speaker. I'd happily put it up against the Avalons any day.
Cheers,
Mike

Bruce at least stick with time and phase correct if you have to move away from Vandersteeen. Thiel has great looking cabinets. Is size also part the issue here? Perhaps their 2.4 could work?

Hi, I spoke to Richard Vandersteen yesterday about the Quatros. He will be showing them in wood at the next show and they are orderable. The price in wood comes to $10,700. They replace the old Model 5s.
Good luck with your decisions!