Vandersteen 7 Flagship at CES

Chadnliz,
Of course the 5a is a great speaker. I think I'm just trying to talk myself out of(or into?) going out and spending big bucks on the 7s. They are one of the more exciting products to come along in a while in my opinion. Sometimes this makes us forget to be thankful for what we already have. I agree with you, if any speaker would be worth that kind of money to me it would have to be one designed by Richard Vandersteen. He'd be one of the last guys to price a product unecessarily high.

There was no side by side obviously, and the 7's did sound fantastic, but... In my memory the best sound I have ever heard from a system included the 5a's at the local Vandy dealer, and they didn't have anywhere near the upstream gear that Vandersteen did at CES. That was the best I have ever heard a system, and it was with the 5a's. Great speakers.

Wow allot of good comments. I agree the price seems steep 3x the 5a's, but I have not herd them so I can not judge, yet. For me the look is much nicer than the 5a which I have now and never really cared for, that for me is a big part of it. I am still in sticker shock over the price for a vandersteen speaker. For the 5a the price point was good but as stated above there is allot of competition in the new price point. I hope they are worth it for me that may be a little to much and upgrading my 5’s is not an option since I don’t like the look that much I would sell them first take the cash but upgrading to the sevens in this market is to big of a jump. I look forward to reading all the reviews.

what did you think about Unified 3 or was it? the new smaller speaker from Vandersteen?

Programmergeek...just wondering if you have the standard finish on your 5A's, I have the Kawazinga finish, and everone that sees it thinks its gorgeous.