Vandersteen 3a Signatures compared to Treo’s


I currently have a pair of Vandersteen 3a Signatures ( upgraded last summer) which I love and am thinking of a pair of Treo CT’s. I have heard the Treo’s and was impressed but that was in a showroom so I’m looking for opinions if any of you have done the switch? Other equipment is Benchmark amp, Benchmark DAC3, Audiolab 6000cdt.
thanks for the input
zimick
@zimick I’m using Kimber Kable 8TC with banana plugs on both ends. They’re highly reviewed and recommended as one of the best neutral cables available. I’ve had them for a few years and in using them with a wide range of systems I have felt they simply worked without adding color or never have been a limitation. I have a couple of Audioquest’s pricier speaker cables but have found they weren’t neutral so stopped using them.

Bi-amping the Signature 3A really improved bass and lower mids in my experience. Then fine tuning the placement became easier and at the same time more significant.

I’ve used a number of ’Pro’ sound reinforcement and monitoring systems with the Speakon connecters that Benchmark offers with their Canare cables. While I think they have their benefits I question how much they matter when they’re only used on one end of the cable. I have planned on getting a set of the Benchmark cable to compare but I’d have to have them custom terminate them to spade lugs on one end or leave them bare for me to that myself. I’ll do that when I get the Vandersteen VLR CTs.





Glissando,
I will look into the kimber kable’s 
I do have the speakons with spades on other end with the benchmark cables.
Will let you know if I get cables and bi amp.
huge thanks for the help.
cheers
Z
A gas tight spade is best, see Vandersteen model 7

i am running a shotgun bi-wire TC-12 on the TREO CT ( Kimber makes the spademaster but you have to tweak to fit Vandersteen ) and I run the silver Audioquest ( essentially Wild Blue Yonder ) with the 7’s.

the Kimber is good wire at a reasonable $$$
The purpose of the gas tight crimp is to prevent oxidation.

I should add that I clean the Banana plugs with an anti-oxidant, electronics contact cleaner every time I switch out amps and or speakers. That's every couple of weeks.
I use the contact cleaner on tube sockets too. Something about spending $1K to re-tube the Music Reference RM-9 compelled me to start that years ago.