Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo

Jazz
PH for Vandersteen 5595820324
Order a Vandersteen Quatro spike kit from Jacqueline V.
Owners Manual hard copy
it should also come with the Vishay precision screwdriver
4 black front cones 2 for each speaker
2 special back slot spikes
extra outriggers for stability
variety of washers.
if you have wood floors 6 Vandersteen floor protectors
these maintain floor protection and desired low profile.
CD Vandertones has the correct tuning frequencies  
Tomic mentioned a Radio Shack( analog type) meter E bay has for calibration reasons.
 if you can follow the above without any substitutions you will be on the correct path to enjoy music.
Sorry, you are expecting rocks but as you will see when you follow thru
with proper setup tilt-back in-room response adjustments, all of your prior observations will change and improve in a dramatic way.
 Best JohnnyR
 

Johnny,
This is plan indeed.  I just can't spend much time on this: I only see my family 2 days out of 7, and my wife is already jealous of the audio and forums :-) The two small boys are too.  So I am getting there, but just not too fast. 
Who is Jacqeline V? 
The previous owner promised to find those spikes. 

If I'm not mistaken Jacqueline V. is the person you will speak with when you call Vandersteen Audio.

Jazz
i understand
no stones just want you getting as Johnny said “ what you paid for”

now about the spl meter... my understanding is that Vandertones are compensated to adjust for non linearity of the R Shack meter

i have used Audiotools and a calibrated microphone with the Vandertones disc with ok results.

note also the analog eq centers are not what you typically see on an RTA as they represent typical room issues versus octave intervals....

so for best results buy a meter meter and download vandertones

Tom,
I do have a USB mike somewhere: bought it for some room-compensating EQ SW that I never got to using...
So I guest it night work out.
Audiotools works on a Mac?