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Looking For Advice After Dumb Vandy Purchase

Good evening fellow enthusiasts. Looking for advice after just making a stupid purchasing error. I usually do good research before making any transaction but I fell in love hard and got burned.

Just paid for some used Vandersteen Quatro for a "decent" price but failed to notice the purchase dis not include the crossovers. I live in the boonies so dont have a dealer handy to maybe just make my gear work without the crossovers, and it seems now the cost of new ones are a staggering $1295.00. This was for sure not in my budget as I am needing a couple of other pieces to complete this puzzle. Worse yet...once I take delivery of the Quatros...I wont have a way to even give them the once over sound wise to make sure they sound fine. 

Any advice? I am bummed beyond all get out at this moment. 
troutki50
troutki50 OP
41 posts
 
Thanks for the kind words everyone! I will be running an AR pre for now (can get the model number in the morning as its boxed up) and my monoblocks are Rouge M150s. 

The seller has been really nice, but in the end I should have done more research even though the ad is a tiny bit misleading. 

I will constsnt Johnny tomorrow.

Jackd...maybe that is an option as well. I will let you know.

Thanks everyone!
jackd
1,125 posts
 
If the M-150's input impedance is 200 like the current M-180's then I don't have a filter that is that high of a value anyway.
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roxy54
8,245 posts
 
What the heck did the seller do with the crossovers?
oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
Does anyone have a schematic of the crossover? I know I can figure one out from there. For 1200 dollars a pop.. I'd be looking, and building, my own.  I'm sure there is a workaround and from the pic I saw.. AND better than factory.. Full of Wima caps, from what I saw...They are good stuff, BUT, there is a better cap for certain applications in a crossover, no doubt.

The straps are inline filters too? If so... that's PA stuff... Lots of
options there...

I saw an XO called "Sirl's Killer" too. Seems to be an alternative.

Danny at GR research... He may have something...

Regards

erik_squires
17,558 posts
 
Wait, do you mean the high pass filter?? Those are super easy to make up yourself. :)  May I suggest some Jupiter copper foil caps?? :)
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