Vandersteen Quattro

The local Detroit Vandersteen dealer believes it will be mid summer when the Quatros will start being shipped.

Finally heard the quattros a couple of nights ago in Tacoma, WA Advanced Audio. Nice little shop with great stuff and friendly, informed staff. Anyway, I literally got dizzy and short of breath listening to a very familiar piece of music. This is not a step or two up from my beloved 2CE's but a small step down from the 5A's, which they also have on hand for comparison. I know what my next speaker will be and I have never repeated a brand before. Priors include; B&W, Apogee, Thiel, ACI among others.

I only know again from second hand experience from several people that these are awesome and designed to work in a tighter space than the 5's. The people that listened to them I know well and they were impressed, that is no small feat. As with most Vandies for the price I think these are hard to beat. I also had 2ce sig and just got the 5a first speakers I repeated a brand in also. These speakers are the kind you keep for life.

The poster above mentioned that single panel planar speakers are always in phase. That is not correct. Maggies have the panel broken into different sections and in some models the low and high frequency sections are wired out of phase.