daverz
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| Speaker Recommendations - from Vandersteen 5As He built his own highpass filters, so the dip switches probably don't apply. Still, the first thing I always start with is checking with a voltmeter and 1kHz/100Hz tones that the frequency response of the highpass filters is correct.Then check th... | |
| Calling all Vandersteen Fans Vandersteens are fussy about tilt. Not good for those with OCD. I use a Huepar Box 1-R laser level for this. But if you made some effort to follow the instructions, and it didn't work for you, I would move on. | |
| Bookshelf to replace Martin Logan Source Re: the Buchardt S400, note that the frequency response spec specifies +/- 3dB "in room". So this measurement was probably taken with the speakers close to the front wall in a room of their choice. If you look at the anechoic response curve, 33 ... | |
| Electro Harmonix 6922 pre-amp tubes I've gone thru a lot of EH 6922s in my BAT 3iX. They always get noisy after 6 months or so. I've found J/J quieter and perhaps a little better in tone. I've been using a quartet of Amperex orange globes for a couple years. Very nice tone and t... | |
| 5A Vandersteen If I had the cash and a big first-floor room in a detached house to put them in, the 5 carbons would be a top choice. I remember playing a track from "Time Out" on the 5 Carbons at Stereo Unlimited and then going home and trying to get that deep ... | |
| Is the NHT xd System worth buying today? I hooked mine up last week just to remind myself why I was dissatisfied. Surprise, they sounded great. The very even dispersion means they can really float images beautifully, better than my Vandersteen cloth Quatros in this regard. And though ... | |
| Is the NHT xd System worth buying today? Too late for the OP, but I wanted to reply to the comment about mains hum.I believe what Stereophile documented was the self-noise of the system, not mains hum. Mine don't hum, but you can hear hiss if you put your ear to the tweeter. You'll fin... | |
| Digital Room Correction For Speakers The Vandersteen 11-band EQ only effects frequencies below 100 Hz. Knocking down the big bass humps really improves midrange transparency, though. They just added a subwoofer to their line, the Sub 3, with the 11-band EQ, so you can add this to any... | |
| Speaker With Least Room Interaction Vandersteen Quatro and up have bottom firing subwoofers with adjustable 11-band bass EQ.I'd also suggest looking into digital room correction if your your sources are all digital. | |
| Vandersteen 2ce Signature and Signature 2? @beetlemania Thanks for the correction. I guess I misread what audioconnection wrote. Perhaps he could clarify.I have to say I’m still very happy with my cloth Quatros.@gdnrbob Thanks for the report. I'd love to hear the VLR CTs. | |
| Vandersteen 2ce Signature and Signature 2? Great to read that the carbon technology is trickling down to the 2s. I would be very tempted to stretch to the VLR CT with a subwoofer or two. | |
| Miss my Dunlavy Speakers, Were to go... I'm embarrassed to admit it, but after spending about $11k on other speakers, I think the Dunlavy SC-III are the best speakers I own. IIRC, I spent under $3k on them in the early 2000s. | |
| Miss my Dunlavy Speakers, Were to go... Finally scooched the SC-IIIs out of the spare bedroom and hooked them up to my Rogue M-180s. I just set them to the outside of my Vandersteens, toed in a bit, but not very carefully. I never had these hooked up to my big tube amps. They sound v... | |
| BUY Bryston!!!!! I bought a used Bryston 3B-SST on the 'gon and it had a problem with it making a thump noise thru the speakers a few seconds after being turned off. Called the US service number, went thru a bit of troubleshooting with the tech, and he told me it... | |
| Miss my Dunlavy Speakers, Were to go... I still have some SC-IIIs in the extra bedroom. I got the itch and upgraded to Vandersteen Quatros. Also my listening space did not seem to allow for the wide spacing they seem to demand, but I have some radical new ideas for placement...You guy... |